DUNWOODY CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday July 28, 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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You can access the video after the meeting on the City of Dunwoody’s YouTube page.
Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance
Administration of Oath of Office to Officer David Perkins
Recognition of Sarv Dharavane (3rd Place in the Scripps National Spelling Bee from Austin Elementary)
Presentation of FY2024 Audit Results
2024 Comprehensive Financial Report
Public Hearing & Action Item - Consent to Transmit Draft 2025 -2045 Comprehensive Plan to the Atlanta
Regional Commission and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for Review
I made a number of comments and pushed various amendments to the Comp Plan but at the end of the day Council included the Neighborhood Transition Opportunities for higher density in many sections of the city which I was against - therefore voted against the plan as a whole.
Approval of a Construction Contract for Old Springhouse Lane Path
Municipal Court Probation Services Contract Renewal
Solar Discussion from the Sustainability Committee
Dunwoody City Hall Facade Lighting
FY2025 Mid-Year Budget Amendment
On 8/7, I updated the documents as I was able to upload them to my servers and I included my recap of Comp Plan Proposed changes.
* I am away from my normal computer system therefore can not upload documents to my servers therefore I recommend you review the city documents on their agenda system where you click onto each agenda item for documentation or you can download the entire packet here.
I recommend citizens with a financial background review the Dunwoody Audit & Comprehensive Financial Report for 2024 as I still have ongoing funding concerns for city expenses namely our rebidding of our contracted business services that was last renewed 5 years ago (at much lower prices than expected this year) as well inflationary pressures for expenses like salaries. If you have questions for Council or staff, please raise them.
I have had number of citizen conversations regarding the comprehensive plan and my blog posts outlining my concerns & recommendations. I look forward a conversation with council and then I will offer a few amendments including a few that were suggested by residents that thought I didn't go far enough in tightening up the language.
I am not against the Holiday HQ proposal to spruce up the business areas but I believe the City Hall Facade Lighting is an overstep, not needed, nor possibly legal within our code if it were not on a governmental building.
Finally the FY2025 Mid-Year Budget Amendment really just cleans up the books as far as revenue received and shuffling a few accounts. I will be asking about the funds being used for the Brook Run Maintenance Facility as this amendment uses $461,000 from Unallocated Capital from the Shallowford Road proceeds but I would prefer that those funds be used for only front of house park development instead of a behind the scenes facility. It may be a minor thing but in the spirit of the reason those funds were obtained I believe that was the intention of past Councils that those funds be allocated for playable park space. If you remember back on April 28th, Council narrowly approved (by a 4 to 3 vote) the $3.3 million back of house facility improvement whereby we only budgeted $1.5 million. I was against this measure for both the cost over run as well as a portion of the excess funds ($1.5 Million) were coming from the sale of the Shallowford property and that measure mentions another $461K coming from unallocated capital but it didn't say where at that time. Monday's amendment again shows coming from Shallowford and I would prefer that not be used.
