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06-27-1977 Special Called Meeting(Continuation of June 20, 1977 Meeting) Attorney Camp recommended a separate file be on record of all the traffic con- trol devices approved in the city, to be filed in the office of the City Clerk. Homer Kuhl asked to make a statement. He said it had been a privilege to serve as a councilman for 131-2 years for the best citizens in the State of Georgia, and regretted he had to resign as of July 1, 1977, due to his company transferring him to Columbus. He thanked his wife for her cooperation, also the Council. Members of council expressed their regrets and thanked Mr. Kuhl for the good job he had done for the City of Smyrna and stated it had been a pleasure to work with him both as a councilman and as a friend. There being no further business the meeting was adjourned at 9:18 P.M. June 27. 1977 A special called meeting of Mayor and Council was held at City Hall, Smyrna, Georgia, June 27, 1977 and called to order by presiding officer Mayor Arthur T. Bacon at 7:30 P.M. All Councilmen were present except Rem Bennett, who was on vacation. Also present was Attorney Chuck Camp, City C1erk.Willouise Spivey, Controller Ron Egger, Fire Chief Don Atkinson and Director of Parks and Recrea- tion Lee Silver. Invocation was given by Homer Kuhl, followed by the pledge to.the Flag. Citizens Reports - C. J. Fouts presented plans for a warehouse to be built on Atlanta Road. Fire Chief Don Atkinson said the plans met the requirements of the State Code but were not stamped by a Certified Engineer, and they could not be approved without this stamp. Mr. Fouts said they would get the required stamp this week and asked for a temporary permit in order to lay the foundation of. the building.....Homer=.Kuhl made a motion to issue a permit to lay the foundation only. Jerry Mills seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. Lee Silver invited Mayor and Council to take part in the July 4th festivities by sharing in the cake cutting at 11:15 A.M. and the watermelon cutting at 3:30 P.M. Lee Silver,,,Director of Parks and Recreation, along with members of his staff, presented Councilman Homer Kuhl with the departments "Gold Certificate." Lee stated that when he started to work with the City of Smyrna in 1974 he started giving these certificates to very outstanding persons only. The one presented to Mr. Kuhl was the 7th award given. Mr. Kuhl thanked Lee and his staff for the outstanding job they have done in the Parks and Recreation Department. The public hearing on the Revenue Sharing expenditures was held. Homer Kuhl stated that in the first public hearing two groups, the Senior Citizens and the Certified City Committee, were present and requested funds. The restrooms the Senior Citizens requested have already been installed and other requests have been included in this budget. The funds to be received through June of 1978 total $265,000. The budget for this year is for $244,286. Homer Kuhl made a motion the proposed Capital Expenditure Budget, Revenue Sharing Funds, be approved as presented, in the amount of $244,286. C. 0. Canada seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. Homer Kuhl presented the General Fund operational budget as follows: Administrative $558,723 Garage 198,662 Library 46,836 Civil Defense 22,000 Streets 186,555 Police 742,448 Fire 573,812 Sanitation 378,480 Parks 245,935 F Purchasing 32,436 A motion was made by Homer Kuhl to approve the budgets as submitted. Jerry Mills seconded the motion. Mr. Kuhl stated this was a balanced budget and we will have a small amount in contingency. A 7% salary increase, plus additional personnel and equipment is included. Vote on the motion was unanimous. (Continuation of June 27, 1977 Meeting) The Water Department budget in the amount Kuhl and he moved that it be approved as motion and the vote was unanimous. The total 1977-78 budgets are as follows: of $885,529 was presented by Homer presented. Jim Tolleson seconded the Operating Budgets, General Fund $2,985,840 Water Department 885,529 Revenue Sharing 244,286 $4,115,655 Mr. Kuhl expressed his appreciation for the cooperation he received from the committees and all the department heads in preparing these budgets. Mayor Arthur Bacon stated that when Homer Kuhl resigned on June 20th, no action was taken and he recommended council accept his resignation as of July 31, 1977, since he would not be moving until August. Mayor Bacon also advised he would appoint Bill Darby as Finance Chairman. Jerry Mills made a motion to accept the resignation of Homer Kuhl as of July 31, 1977. Bill Darby seconded the motion and the vote was unanimous. Mr. Kuhl said he would be working with Bill Darby and the Finance Committee and would help in any way he could. Mayor Bacon said that on the night of July llth he would like for Mayor and Council to honor Homer Kuhl and his wife Georgia, with dinner in'Atlanta. Mayor Bacon will be at the GMA convention at the Atlanta Hilton and he asked that all councilmen bring their wives and meet in his hotel room. Jerry Mills said he was going to bring a coffee pot to City Hall in order to have coffee for the citizens of Ward 3 and his visitors. He is going to buy the coffee and asked permission to use city electricity. Meeting adjourned at 7:57 P.M. AI17 T. BACON, MAYOR WILLOUISE SPIVEY, CI CLE E. TOLLES , WARD 1 WILLIAM F. DARBY, WARD 2 r Z�Ay MIL WARD 3 HOMER KUHL, WARD 4 _mil _.=,r1��� i✓_ � � � " 1 ' 1'ELBERT R. COALSON, WARD • 40094J1%�� �.