11-10-1980 Special Called MeetingContinuation - November 3, 1980
Announcements: Next Council meeting on November 17th and the CMA annual Christmas
meeting on December 9th.
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m.
November 10. 1980
The Special Called Meeting of Mayor and Council was held November 10, 1980 at_the
City Hall, Smyrna, Georgia. -The meeting was called to order at 5:30 o'clock p.m.
by presiding officer Mayor Frank Johnson. All Council members were present. Also
present was City Clerk Willouise Spivey and Finance Director Gunter Newsom.
Mayor Johnson stated the purpose of this called meeting was to adopt a resolution
covering acquisition and clearance of rights of way with control of future encroach-
ments and regulation of vehicular traffic on highway construction; spedifically,
the 1.263 miles of Pasadena Boulevard, PR-8530-(067).
Mayor Johnson said the State would give us $80,000 for the project, John Williams
would give $40,000 and we are trying to get Cobb County to do the sub -base work,
which would amount to an expenditure of around $80,000, and the City will pay
$80,000. The cost of any overrun will be born by the City. As yet, the county
has not committed to this project.
After discussion, Jim Tolleson made a motion to adopt the resolution covering
acquisition and clearance�of right of way on the 1.263 miles of Pasadena Boulevard,
as submitted by the State Department of Transportation. John Steely seconded the
motion which carried by a 7-0 vote.
Meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.
November 17, 1980
The regular meeting of Mayor and Council was held November 17, 1980 at City Hall.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Protem Elbert Coalson at 7:30 o'clock p.m.
in the absence of Mayor Frank Johnson who was on vacation. All Council members
were present. Also present was City Attorney Charles Camp, City Clerk Willouise
Spivey, Finance Director Gunter Newsom, Police Chief R. E. Little, Assistant Fire
Chief Hubert Cochran, Water Supervisor Larry Dunn, Parks and Recreation Director
Bill Johnston, Building Inspector Dan Steely, -Civil Defense Director Jim Farley
and representatives of the press.
Invocation was given by Councilman Jim Hawkins, followed by the pledge to the Flag.
There were no citizens reports, but John Steely said he had someone special in
the audience he would like to introduce. Larry Shinall is a local tennis professional
here and he had just brought them through with a C2 ALTA mens championship.
Resolution: Jerry Mills said that in November 1978 a resolution was approved by
Mayor and Council approving an increase of Homestead Exemption. This increase was
approved by the General Assembly in March of 1979 and by the voters of Smyrna on
November 6, 1979. We later found out this had to appear on a ballot in the General
Election as an Amendment to the State Constitution, which was voted on and passed
November 4, 1980. This resolution tonight is to increase homestead exemption from
$2500 to $4000, effective for the year 1980 rather than 1981.
"WHEREAS: On November 4, 1980, the electorate of the City of Smyrna voted
to amend Article 7,,Section 1, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the State
of Georgia to allow for an increase of a certain type of Homestead Exemption
from $2500 to $4000, and