The City of Roswell's committee meeting on August 25, 2026, addressed several operational, capital, and policy items. Mayor Mary Robishow and all council members were present. Items included approvals for technology purchases, intergovernmental agreements, infrastructure projects, and code amendments. The meeting also featured presentations on the Fulton County Service Delivery Strategy and the 2026 millage/2027 budget.
No, I couldn't. He's the ID. I decided to try to do it. All right, good evening. We'll start momentarily. All right, good evening. Everyone and welcome to the committee meetings of August twenty-fifth, twenty twenty-six. Mayor Mary Robishow. Council Member Sarah Beeson. Council Member Aaron Brumling. Council Member Christine Hall. Councilmember Jennifer Philippi. Councilmember Alan Sells. Council Member Christopher Zach, I am here. I'm Randy Knight and the City Administrator here. I'm Randy Knight and the City Administrator here with I'm present as well. Here with uh the assistant city attorney, soon to be city attorney, Mr. Joseph Cusett, and also here with Deputy City Clerk, Rachel Reigns. All right. The first item on the agenda is the approval of the committee meeting minutes for August 11, 2026. We'll entertain a motion. Motion by Councilmember Beeson, second by Mayor Robichot. Um any further discussion? All in favor. All right. Thank you. Before we get to our next item, I'll make my opening statement. The purpose of committee meetings are for the city departments to convey information to the mayor and city council, discuss initiatives listed on the published agenda, and provide updates of vital city information pertaining to the operation of city government. And by ordinance, the committee consists of the mayor and council as well as the city administrator. This is a public meeting, but not a public hearing. Therefore, while the meeting is open to the public, we do not take public comments at these meetings unless specifically authorized. Public comments and questions are received at the regular city council meetings on the second and fourth Monday of each month and the fifth Monday in open forum, and we do have a fifth Monday upon us. We do encourage residents to engage our online platforms. And if you have any questions or need any information, please reach out to our staff. The city web service portal is a mechanism to register any issues and or concerns, as well as Roswell 365.com for a calendar of events. The first item we've already addressed. The next item on the agenda, um, item number two, consideration to approve the Nedevio Purchase in the amount of $92,031 and 26 cents for the design purchase, installation, and programming of audiovisual technology required to complete the emergency operations center. That will be presented by Chief of Fire, Pabell Trosh. Thank you, City Administrator Knight. So uh as was just discussed, this is going to be requesting funding for 92,031 and 26 cents for the technology needed to complete the EOC, the emergency operations center. What's important to note in here that this is bond funding, and the reason that we have to go before uh this committee for approval is because it doesn't fall under the general contractor. This is a separate contract, so that means we have to come and get approval because it's over the 75,000 mark, but it is bond funds that we are requesting. It will cover and Divio, which is the company uh to design and install the equipment needed to complete the EOC, which includes very large TVs that have uh special encoders and technology that allow us to see multiple things on a screen that's needed for an EOC, watching the weather, watching cameras, and so on. It also includes video conferencing, wireless content sharing, so it really puts Roswell in a great place to have an advanced emergency operation center with modernized technology. Something else that's important to note, although the cost is at $92,000, the original cost was $120,000, and we were able to do a cooperative purchase with Barrow County School District that provided us significant cost savings uh in this agreement. Also in here is uh cost savings that were we were able to achieve by utilizing some of the current technology that we had from the previous EOC. So we're gonna go ahead and re reuse some of this equipment that is still up to date uh that can just be transferred over to the new EOC. Be happy to take any questions. Thank you, Chief Trosh. Any questions?