City of Dunwoody Financial Forecast 2012 - 2015

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Meeting Audio from Monday's Dunwoody City Council Meeting

For those of you who enjoy listening to this audio of city council meetings the audio of this session was broken into three pieces and follows the agenda.

For the most part everything passed except for the Hotel / Motel Tax item which was deferred until the Dunwoody Tourism Board structure is hammered out in a meeting later this week.

The Atlanta Gas Light franchise fee was also added to the agenda with very minor changes from the previous review.

03102009_audio1.mp3 Start to beginning of VOIP

03102009_audio2.mp3 VOIP to the beginning of Speed Detection

03102009_audio3.mp3 Speed Detection until end.

Dunwoody talks finances and is still looking for VoIP & Network bids.

Though the Dunwoody City Council approved a contract for the City's Comprehensive Plan, passed a Public Assemblage ordinance and approved franchise agreements with Atlanta Gas Light & Comcast, it seemed that we discussed city finances most of the night.

We discussed the Financial Report for January.

Had the first read on an amendment to the fiscal year budget and discussed our possible GMA lease agreement for capital items needed in City Hall.

Discussed in detail and then deferred a purchasing policy that revolved around credit cards.

We then reconsidered our vote of the VoIP telephone & network from last week due to irregularities with what was being offered by the various vendors and then asked City Hall to go out again for bids.

I have audio available in four parts that follows the agenda. Part 1 is the start of the meeting until the end of unfinished business (Comcast). Part 2 is the Financial Report for January through the first half of the ordinance to amend the budget. Part 3 starts with Don Boyken closing out the amendment to the budget by reporting on the construction of City Hall and ends just before the VOIP discussion. Part 4 is all VOIP Telephone and Network Infrastructure until the end. There was no executive session.

VOIP Phones, Ethics Rule Changes, Street Lights, Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Staffing of Code Enforcement, City Update

Special Called Meeting
Dunwoody City Council
Mon February 16, 2009 @ 7 pm
Dunwoody United Methodist Church
1548 Mount Vernon Road, 30338

Special Meeting Agenda - Voting Item

Discussion and vote on approving a contract for phone internet equipment and services for 41 Perimeter Center East.


Work Session Agenda Items - No Vote

Ordinance for Right-of-Way Exchange - Perimeter Center West/Hammond Drive.

Ordinance Revision – Chapter 23 – Streets and Sidewalks to add authorization for Public Works to establish a Residential Street Light Policy.

Ordinance to amend the Ethics Policy.

Discussion of Ordinance to adopt Chapter 20 (“Public Assemblages”) of the City of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Discussion on establishing a Street Light District on Boxwood Place (Boxwood Subdivision).

Discussion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Georgia Dept. of Transportation for the City to become the sponsor of the Dunwoody Village TE Project.

Contract to retain the services of POND & Company to provide consulting services for the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

Discussion of code compliance staffing for Community Development.

Discussion of Ordinance to grant a franchise agreement to Atlanta Gas Light Company (Ordinance 2009-02-12).

Boyken Status Report.

City Manager Update.

EXECUTIVE SESSION for the purposes of legal, real estate, and personnel discussions.

Official Welcome to Dunwoody Sign decided.

The Judges were sworn in, we honored a few citizens, we deferred the AGL Franchise, and deferred a vote on a phone system until which time a few more bids could be obtained.

Audio of the evening

Dunwoody City Council Meeting Agenda- Boyken Update, Employee Benefits, City Hall, Signs, Alcohol in Glass, and City Boards.

Dunwoody City Council Meeting - Public Hearing at Dunwoody United Methodist Church (1548 Mt. Vernon Road, Dunwoody, GA 30338).
Date: 1/26/2009
Time: 7:00 PM

Meeting Agenda_Jan 26 09

INVOCATION_Jan 26 09
E1 DUNWOODY COUNCIL Meeting Minutes from 01-06-09_Jan 26 09

J2 Chapter 21 - Signs Final_Jan 26 09
J2 Ordinance to Chapter 21 2009-01-09_Jan 26 09

K1 Boyken Services to Dunwoody in 2008_Final_Jan 26 09
K1 January Boyken Update_Jan 26 09
K2 Comcast Agreement Memo_Jan 26 09

L1 Comprehensive Benefits Plan_Jan 26 09

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending, Life & Disability
• Retirement 457, 401(K) of 10% plus another 6.2 %
• Tuition Reimbursement - $2,000
• Housing Stipend - $300 for 36 months
• Gym Membership
• Signing Bonus - $2,000

L2 Creation of a Dunwoody Development Authority_Jan 26 09

• Bill Robinson and others to be named

L3 By-Laws of Development Authority_Jan 26 09

L4 IGA with the Dunwoody Development Authority for a City Hall and PD lease agreeement_Jan 26 09

• City Hall and Police Department - getting close to being selected.

L5 Resolution to lift Moratorium - Final 2009-01-07_Jan 26 09

• Lifts the sign moratorium

L6 City Council Rules and Procedures Resolution_Jan 26 09

• Beginning Public Comment is moved after Agenda Approval
• One person deferral to only times when 5 council members are present.

L7 Atlanta Gas Light Company franchise agreement_Jan 26 09

L8 Fee and Criteria for the Issuance of Permits_Jan 26 09

• Allows glass containers of alcohol in parks, not near playgrounds / sports venues.
• Sets permit fees of $25 & $100

L9 Resolution for Community Council_Jan 26 09

• Brian Cosgrove, 3 years
• Dennis Crean, 3 years
• Al Albergini, 3 years
• Tom Dwyer, 3 years
• Robin Burch, 3 years
• Page Olsen, 3 years
• Austin Kearney, 3 years

L10 Resolution for Planning Commission_Jan 26 09

• Bob Lundsten, 2 years
• Bob Dallas, 2 years
• Paul Player, 2 years
• Bill Grossman, 2 years
• Lynn Deutsch, 4 years
• Kirk Anders, 4 years
• Don Converse, 4 years

L11 Annual Schedule for Planning Commission_Jan 26 09

• Monthly - Dates have been set for entire year.

L12 Resolution for Board of Zoning Appeals_Jan 26 09

• Arty Bastien, 2 years
• Joe Tuttle, 2 years
• Ed Godshall, 2 years
• Richard Ottness, 2 years
• Geri Penn, 4 years
• Dale Wartluft, 4 years
• Susan Mitchell, 4 years

L14 Resolution for Construction Board of Appeals_Jan 26 09

• Janet Webb, 2 years
• Wade Wright, 2 years
• John Francis, 4 years
• Steven A. Blaske, 4 years
• Wade McGuffey, 4 years

L13 Resolution for Ethics Board_Jan 26 09

• Janet Webb, 1 year
• Wade Wright, 1 year
• John Francis, 3 years
• Steven A. Blaske, 3 years
• Wade McGuffey, 3 years

L15 Resolution for Alcohol Board of Appeals_Jan 26 09

• Janet Webb, 2 years
• Wade Wright, 2 years
• John Francis, 4 years
• Steven A. Blaske, 4 years
• Wade McGuffey, 4 years

EXECUTIVE SESSION for the purposes of legal, real estate, and personnel discussions.

Various Items of Dunwoody Interest, Meeting Recap, Doraville Vote, Crime, Geography and the Taste of Dunwoody

Tonight's Dunwoody City Council meeting started at 7 p.m. and ended after 11 p.m. with an extended executive session talking about personnel issues and real estate. Since I am not suppose to discuss the details, I'll just let you decipher for yourself what I am allowed to tell you, ersonnelpay issuesway & ealray estateway. I hope that cleared that up.

The audio from the meeting is up available beginning here and then half way though starting here. Take a look at the agenda, the first audio clip is from the start until our Tax Note and the second clip is from our zoning fee schedule until the start of the executive session. No audio was recorded in executive session.

As far as a recap, it was an uneventful meeting whereby we adopted DeKalb's Comprehensive Plan and Land Use Map until we completely redo them in the Dunwoody comprehensive plan later this year.

We deferred the Comcast franchise agreement since the Council still had a few questions that had to be hammered out prior to it being ready for our vote. We pretty much passed the other items on the agenda, many of which were put in front of us several times prior.

The change in the meeting procedures to allow public comment and the alcohol amendment to allow permitted drinking in the parks under a special use permit were both tabled until they could be discussed at a City Council Retreat coming up on the 20th of the month and then possibly reintroduced at the next voting session.

We have a new Finance Director by the name of John Grotheer who's resume looks impressive and he starts very soon. FYI: this was not part of the executive session so please don't go filing ethics charges on me just yet.

I received the Dunwoody Crime stats for the holiday season and it looks like shoplifting and entering autos were a mainstay of looking for that perfect gift. Ho, Ho, smash & grab.

It was finally decided that Doraville will be voting for annexation again on Jan 27th and I hope it passes this time in order to remove the pockets of unincorporated DeKalb that will still be serviced by the DeKalb PD if it doesn't. Nothing against DeKalb PD doing it, except that it will be inconvenient for them to continue to do so since they would have to go though Doraville to service the little pockets of the unincorporated areas.

My favorite night out event with the wife was just announced and I'll be looking for a large group of our friends to join us. Great food, good atmosphere and even a better cause, the Taste of Dunwoody at the W Hotel.

Congrats to the Vanderlyn 3rd and 4th grade team who finished 3rd in the County wide Geography Bowl. This was an awesome event hosted by the DeKalb School of Arts and if you think you know your Geography, test your skill here.

Tuesday Dunwoody City Council - Zoning, Speeding Ticket Fees & Allowing Drinking in the Park

Special - Tuesday Meeting of the Dunwoody City Council
Dunwoody United Methodist Church - 7 p.m.

Full Agenda

PUBLIC HEARING – City of Dunwoody Interim Comprehensive Plan

PUBLIC HEARING – City of Dunwoody Interim Future Land Use Map

Second Read, discussion and vote on Ordinance to adopt and approve the City of Dunwoody Interim Comprehensive Plan.

Second Read, discussion and vote on Ordinance to adopt and approve the City of Dunwoody Interim Future Land Use Map.

Second Read and vote on Ordinance to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code.

Second Read and vote on Ordinance to adopt the City of Dunwoody Budget for Fiscal Year 2009. It was amended at the last meeting but we didn't receive an updated copy for this meeting.

Second Read and vote on Ordinance to adopt the City of Dunwoody Fiscal Year.

Second Read and vote on Ordinance Authorizing the City of Dunwoody Tax Anticipation Note.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance granting Comcast of Georgia a Franchise Agreement for Cable and Video Services (deferred).

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution adopting a Fee Schedule for various planning and zoning functions (deferred).

Ordinance to adopt and approve the updated City of Dunwoody Zoning Ordinance (Chapter 27) and the updated Zoning Maps

Discussion and vote on approving a Resolution setting a Fee Schedule for the City of Dunwoody Municipal Court. Speeding 20 mph over = $225.00 fine. 1st DUI = $1,041.00

Discussion and vote on re-approving the Resolution for Rules and Procedures for City Council Meetings (as amended). Removes authority of any council member to defer an item for one meeting and I have requested additional public comment prior to all votes.

First Read of Ordinance to amend certain provisions of Chapter 16 (“Offenses and Violations”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances. Allows drinking in the park with a permit, think bottle of wine at the Dunwoody Nature Center Concert.

Discussion and vote on approving a Resolution appointing an acting assistant city clerk.

EXECUTIVE SESSION for the purposes of legal, real estate, and personnel discussions.

Dunwoody to review City Budget on Monday Night

Dunwoody Projected Revenue of 15 Million

Monday night the Dunwoody City Council will be holding a special budget meeting to review the cities finances and vote on a number of other issues. I have highlighted a few items from the full agenda and linked some of the relevant documents.

PUBLIC HEARING – City of Dunwoody 2009 Fiscal Year Budget. Presentation and Recommendation by City Manager Warren Hutmacher. (15M in Rev & 14 M in Exp with another .5 M in contingency reserves but does it meet our service needs? Service levels for Police, Code Enforcement, Roads & Parks, are they correct?)

Ordinance to adopt and approve the City of Dunwoody Interim Future Land Use Map. (Map will be available by Mon.)

Ordinance to adopt the City of Dunwoody Fiscal Year. (Jan 1 - Dec 31)
Discussion and vote on approving Resolution appointing judges for the City of Dunwoody Municipal Court. (Rick Powell, Tony Del Campo & Tim Wolfe)

Ordinance to adopt the International Property Maintenance Code.

Ordinance Authorizing the City of Dunwoody Tax Anticipation Note. ($6 Million)

Discussion and vote on Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 25 (“Water, Sewer and Sewage Disposal”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Discussion and Vote on Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 16 (“Offenses and Violations”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances. (Breastfeeding is not indecent and I will be proposing a specific exception be added.)

Discussion and vote on Ordinance to amend a provision of Chapter 15 (“Business Occupation Tax, Licenses and Regulation”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Discussion and vote on approving the final contract with Lowe Engineering for Public Works services for the City of Dunwoody.

Discussion and vote on approving Ordinance granting Comcast of Georgia a Franchise Agreement for Cable and Video Services.

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution terminating moratorium on business and alcohol license applications and issuance. (Dec 31st processing begins.)

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution adopting a Fee Schedule for various planning and zoning functions.

Dunwoody comes to an agreement with the DeKalb P.D. and looks to sign off on Large City Contractors.

Thursday Night is a Special Meeting of the Dunwoody City Council to conduct hearings on Zoning and Sign ordinances but besides those items the agenda is packed with a number of noteworthy action items.

It looks as if we have come to final contract terms with our three vendors but City Hall forgot to attach the documentation on the public works contract. We will be hearing an expert presentation on sexually oriented businesses and voting on the proposed ordinance. It also looks as if we have come to an agreement with DeKalb County for an IGA on extended police services which will be costing us $430,000.00 per month until at least March 31st. I have placed on the agenda a resolution for the city to form a Sustainability Commission to explore becoming a certified ARC Green Community and with a little oversight we should be able to meet the requirements for basic certification within a year.

All of the relevant documents that I had available are either linked below or found here. If you are able to make it to tonight's meeting and we haven't had the pleasure of meeting, please come up and introduce yourself to me either before or after the meeting. Thanks, John

Full Agenda

PUBLIC HEARING – City Council Policies and Procedures for Zoning Hearings.
Discussion and Vote on Ordinance to adopt the Dunwoody City Council Policies and Procedures Governing Public Hearings.

PUBLIC HEARING – City of Dunwoody Zoning Ordinance.
Discussion and Vote on Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 27 (“City of Dunwoody Zoning Ordinance”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

PUBLIC HEARING – City of Dunwoody Sign Ordinance.
Discussion and Vote on Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 21 (“Signs”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Evidentiary Presentation, Second Read, Discussion and Vote on Ordinance Establishing Licensing Requirements and Regulation for Sexually Oriented Businesses Within Dunwoody, Georgia.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance Adopting Chapter 7 (“Building Code”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance Adopting Chapter 14 (“Land Development and Environmental Protection”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance Adopting Chapter 17 (“Traffic and Public Roadways”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance Adopting Chapter 23 (“Streets and Sidewalks”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance granting Comcast of Georgia a Franchise Agreement for Cable and Video Services.

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance Adopting Chapter 9 (“Ethics”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS - Discussion of Tax Anticipation Note’s.

ACTION ITEM: Discussion and vote on approving the final contract with Clark Patterson Lee for Community Development services for the City of Dunwoody. $1.556 M

ACTION ITEM: Discussion and vote on approving the final contract with Lowe Engineering for Public Works services for the City of Dunwoody.

ACTION ITEM: Discussion and vote on approving the final contract with Calvin Giordano & Associates for Financial and Administrative services for the City of Dunwoody. $1.857 M

First Read of Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 25 (“Water, Sewer and Sewage Disposal”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances (First Read).

First Read of Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 16 (“Offenses and Violations”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances (First Read).

ACTION ITEM: Discussion and vote on approving expenditure for sexually oriented business license ordinance expert presentation.

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution adopting fees for business occupation taxes and licenses. Same tax rate as DeKalb but we included more exceptions so less people have to pay.

First Read of Ordinance to amend a provision of Chapter 15 (“Business Occupation Tax, Licenses and Regulation”) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances (First Read).

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution adopting and approving amended Rules and Procedures for City Council Meetings. Invocation to be added to agenda and I will make an amendment to add public comment prior to final vote of all ordinance changes.

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution approving the Intergovernmental Agreement with DeKalb County for Police Services. $430,000 per month

Discussion and vote on approving Resolution creating a Sustainability Commission for the City of Dunwoody. Checklist for certification.

Dunwoody Dec 8th - Police Chief / Police Management Structure, Zoning, Land Use and Sexually Orientated Businesses.

The rather long agenda for the Monday December 8th, Dunwoody City Council meeting is linked below but please allow me to list the items of interest as I see them. Agenda & relevant document folder.

Monday Dec 8, 2008 @ 7 p.m.
Dunwoody United Methodist Church
1548 Mount Vernon Road

At the top of the agenda is public comment and all residents and business owners are encouraged to tell the City Council what is on their mind. The City Council meetings have been averaging about 40 to 50 people per night and it seems that the same 5 citizens come to the podium every week to speak. I am very appreciative of those who come and voice their concerns but I would also love to see more people take advantage of this opportunity to make their issues known.

The City Manager has informed us that he will be giving an update on City Implementation.

There will be an introduction of the Chief of Police, William “Billy” Grogan as well as the authorization of the police departments management structure (Deputy Chief, 3 Lieutenants & an Executive Assistant, as well as their pay scales).

I believe the only second read on the agenda that hasn't been completely vetted was the Georgia Power franchise fee and that is rather straight forward.

There will be first reads on the following ordinances, with no discussion until the following meeting.

• Building Codes – Chapter 7
• Land Development & Environmental Protection – Chapter 14
• Traffic & Public Roadways – Chapter 17
• Signs – Chapter 21
• Street & Sidewalks – Chapter 23
• Zoning Ordinance – Chapter 27
• Public Hearing Policies
• Sexually Orientated Businesses
• Cable Franchise

Earlier in the week the City went out with an RFQ for the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

There will also be a reminder at the end of the meeting that we will be having a special called public hearing on December 18th for adopting the Dunwoody Zoning Ordinance and the Dunwoody Sign Ordinance.

Because of the public hearings on the 18th the meeting scheduled for December 15th will probably be canceled, but then again the Council may want to have a work session to hammer out the many first read ordinances that they are receiving at this meeting?

Very Busy Agenda for Monday Night Dunwoody City Council Meeting

Monday Nov 24, 2008 @ 7 p.m.
Dunwoody United Methodist Church
1548 Mount Vernon Road

Full Agenda

Approval of Meeting Minutes from the November 10, 2008 City Council Meeting

Approval of Meeting Minutes from the November 17, 2008 City Council Work Session

Consideration of Resolution 2008-11-19 to approve a Proclamation for April, 2009 to be “Dunwoody Fine Art Day.”

Second Read and vote on approving Ordinance Adopting Chapter 15 (“Business Occupation Tax, Licenses and Regulation”v3) of the City of Dunwoody Code of Ordinances.

Discussion of City Implementation.

Discussion of designs for “Welcome to Dunwoody” signs.

Discussion of budget.

Discussion and vote on adopting Resolution 2008-11-14 to establish a Franchise Fee in the City of Dunwoody for holders of a State Cable and Video Franchise.

Discussion and vote on adopting Resolution 2008-11-15 to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with DeKalb County for provision of Fire and Rescue Services.

Discussion and vote on adopting Resolution 2008-11-16 to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with DeKalb County for provision of Water and Sewer Services.

Discussion and vote on adopting Resolution 2008-11-17 to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement with DeKalb County for provision of Emergency 9-1-1 Services.

Discussion and vote on adopting Resolution 2008-11-18 to approve and authorize a Master Lease with the Georgia Municipal Association.

Discussion and status of bid response for the community development.
(Attendees, RFP, Addendum and Q & A)

Discussion and status of bid response for the public works.
(Attendees, RFP, Addendum and Q & A)

Discussion and status of bid response for the administration, finance, and human resources.
(Attendees, RFP, Addendum and Q & A) Banking RFP

First Read of Ordinance to adopt and approve an electrical franchise with Georgia Power (First Read).

ACTION ITEM: discussion and vote to authorize City Attorney to notify DeKalb County of City’s takeover of certain services and powers.

ACTION ITEM: discussion and vote to authorize the City to enter into binding arbitration with the County in connection with interim police protection services.

ACTION ITEM: discussion and vote to authorize the City Manager to fill certain position allocations. (Memo, Salary Study, Proposed Range, Police Chief, Finance Director, City Clerk, Court Clerk)

Dunwoody City Council, Work Session Agenda for Mon Nov. 17

Work Session
Dunwoody United Methodist Church
1548 Mount Vernon Road
7 P.M.

Agenda

1. Discussion of the Dunwoody Overlay District Zoning Regulations.
   
   
2. Discussion of the Georgia Power Franchise proposal.
   
   
3. Discussion of City Employees.
   
   
4. Discussion of IGAs with County. (Water, Fire & 911)
   
   
5. Discussion of City Implementation.
   
   
6. Discussion of additional services provided by GMA.
   
   
7. Discussion of proposed Chapter 15 v2 (“Business Occupation Taxes, Licensing and Regulation”) of the City Code and Ordinance to adopt and approve Chapter 15 of the City Code.