The Macon-Bibb County Commission held a pre-commission meeting at 4:00 PM and a regular meeting at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at City Hall. The commission approved multiple routine items, heard public comments, and discussed significant initiatives including a senior homestead exemption proposal, a new occupation tax on tourist accommodations, and a land donation for a fire station.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Making Bip County Commissioners Precommission meeting. Today is Tuesday, September the second, day after Labor Day, two thousand twenty-five, and the time is approximately four o'clock. I'd like to welcome everyone here to City Hall. We have our pre-commission today at four o'clock, and then at six o'clock, we have our regular scheduled meeting. And the first item of business is the approval of the amendments that approval of the minutes is for the August 19th, 2025 pre-commission meeting. I'd entertain a motion for approval. Motion by Commissioner Stewart. Do we have a second? Second by Commissioner Wynne. All those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Opposed, nay. That motion carries and we sent the consent agenda. Item uh the next item on the agenda are appointments and authorities for boards and committees. Uh the first one is item 3A. This is a resolution of Make and Bibb County Commission appointing Angela Solomon to the County Bip County Department of Family and Children's Services Board. You can see her there on the screen. Uh, this is a renewal, and she comes to us with a recommendation from that board. So that is my motion. Can I get a second? Second by Commissioner Bailey. Uh all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Opposed nay. That motion carries and will be sent to consent agenda. Item 3B is a resolution of the Make and Bibb County Commission reappointing Ember Bentley to the Make and Bibb County Industrial Authority. Uh likewise Miss Bentley has served on that for one term, uh, and she is a viable member of our industrial authority, and we would like to have her reappointed. At this time, I entertain a motion for approval. Motion by Mayor Proton Clark, second by Commissioner Bailey. Uh all those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Opposed, nay. That motion carries unanimously sent to consent agenda. Uh, the final appointment that we have today on this agenda is a resolution of the Make and Bibb County Commission reappointing Patty Child. I'm sorry, Patty Gibbs, to serve as a member of the Macon Bibb County spice advisory committee. Uh, we all know what uh Patty well, and she's done a good job on the splash committee, and we'd ask her to continue in that same role. So at this time we entertain a motion to approve. Motion by Commissioner Wynne, second by Commissioner Bailey. All those in favor of the motion, please say aye. Opposed, nay. That motion carries will be sent to consent agenda. We have several agreements on the on the uh agenda tonight, as you can tell. Items A through believe J. So we'll begin with item 4A, which is a resolution of the Macin Bib County to authorize the mayor to execute an independent contractor agreement with Atlanta paving and concrete construction for as bought paving and resurfacing services in amount of $2,209,000 four hundred nine dollars and eleven cent to be paid from the 2024 LRA LMIG supplemental grant funds. As you recall, we had um had a call meeting last week to vote on some road pavings, and we said we had two more that would be getting awarded and make the recommendations for this week. Uh and we've got another one on the agenda as well. But the good thing about this is we've had four uh bids submitted, and we've had three separate people win those bids. So that's something that's uh very exciting about the number of people that are applying for these jobs as well as uh allowing us to do multiple projects at one time. So this time I entertain a motion for approval. Motion by Commissioner Wilder, we have a second. Second by Commissioner Bailey. Uh, all those in favor of the motion, please say aye.