Monday night the Dunwoody City Council will be holding a Special Called Meeting to hammer out a list of Capital Improvement projects in which to spend down our Capital Funds that far exceed our internal policies of having reserves to run the city in the time of emergency. The Mayor has recommended $7 Million dollars allocated between Police, Pedestrian Safety, Sidewalks and Homecoming Park (near the Vermack Swim & Tennis); which I believe has universal approval between all Council Members including myself.
Others on Council, may want to expand the spending list on other projects that were mentioned in our last budget workshop, but I would like to reserve funds ($1M) for additional contracted ambulance service that is slated to be stopped in January if so needed and is not listed in the budget. I would also like to reserve funds ($3M) in case the Dunwoody Post Office were to permanently close so that the community could have the opportunity to publicly invest in the Village in a meaningful way if deemed appropriate. By reserving these four million dollars to not be spent or allocated, it reserves these funds the opportunity to be invested in opportunities or needs that may arise in the very short term. For that reason I am good with the Mayor's recommendation and stopping there but I also believe there are ways to slow or modify other spending to complete more short term needs vs investments that may not need to be made this year.
As I stated in my September 25th blog post, I would like to defer or slow down the 12ft path project on Peeler near the waterworks / Four Oaks Subdivision until the Winters Chapel path is completed in several years. That $2 Million dollars can be used to expand more regular sidewalks. A line by line review should also open up other projects on the list that may also fallen out of favor. It should be an interesting conversation.
DUNWOODY CITY COUNCIL
Special Called Budget Meeting
Monday, October 6, 2025
6:00 PM
DUNWOODY CITY HALL - DUNWOODY HALL
4800 ASHFORD DUNWOODY ROAD
DUNWOODY, GA 30338
Agenda 6 pm - City Site Agenda
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Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
No Public Comment not shown on Special Called Meeting Agenda
FY 2026 Proposed Budget - Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Review
Background
• The FY26 Annual Budget was proposed by the Mayor and City Manager to the City Council on August 27, 2025.
• The first Budget Workshop with Mayor and City Council was held on September 29, 2025. Out of that meeting came the desire to have a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Focused Meeting.
• Review Police, Sidewalks, Ped Safety, Parks Proposals from last meeting in detail. This is the $7M allotment.
• Review overall proposed CIP Plan for Hotel/Motel, General Capital, SPLOST I, and SPLOST II.
Capital Contribution – Police ($500,000)
• Drone First Responder ($200K)
• Electric Vehicles/Ford Maverick ($117K)
• Vehicles ($183K)
Capital Contr. – Pedestrian Safety ($500K)
• Vanderlyn at Hensley Crosswalk Bulb Outs- $50K
• Dunwoody Village Parkway Intersection Safety- $275K
• Womack at Vermack Bulb Out- $25K
• Tilly Mill at Dunwoody Glen Crosswalk Realignment- $50K
• Audible Pedestrian Push Buttons 10 intersections - $100K
Capital Contributions – Sidewalks ($1M)
• Chamblee Dunwoody Sidewalk- Spalding Dr to Oakpointe Pl: $450K
• Peeler Road Sidewalk: Huntington Hall to Equestrian Way: $500K
• Vermack Sidewalk- Womack to Parliament: $50K
Capital Contributions – Homecoming ($5M)
• Wildflower Meadow
• Open play field (160 ft. X 160 ft.)
• ½ mile nature trail
• Restroom pavilion with solar panels
• State-of-the-art 12,000 sq ft accessible/inclusive playground
• Sand volleyball courts
• Sensory garden
• Community space building with solar panels
1 comment:
Where the city has built 12 foot sidewalks, does the city have any data on how much pedestrian traffic has increased when compared to before the 12 foot sidewalks were built. If not, why is the city not collecting this data. It seems that this would be just the kind of hard data that would be useful to determine whether or not the city should spend money on future 12 foot sidewalk projects.
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