City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening. I would like to welcome lead pastor Billy Lowe with City Church who will lead us in tonight's invocation.

Amen. Thank you. I would like to call the regular meeting of the Milton City Council for Monday, June 15, 2026 to order. We encourage all attendees to review tonight's agenda. Citizens wishing to speak during public comment must complete a comment card and submit it to the city clerk prior to the agenda item being called. Public comment provides an opportunity for citizens to address the mayor and city council and offer input on agenda items. It is not a forum for dialogue or back and forth discussion. While Milton's rules permit submission of comment cards up until the clerk calls the agenda

Okay, next is approval of the meeting agenda. Council, I would like to add an executive session to discuss personnel, land acquisition, and litigation. Do I have a motion on the meeting agenda?

Second. Okay, I have a motion from Councilor Cranmer and a second from Councilor Haney to approve the meeting agenda with the addition of the executive session. Please place your votes. Okay, that motion passes unanimously. Do we have any general public comment?

Okay, so I'll waive the public comment and I will ask you to call the next item.

Thank you. Do I have a motion on the consent agenda?

Okay, I have a motion from Council Member Jacobus and a second from Council Member Dolan to approve the consent agenda as read. Please place your votes. That motion passes unanimously. There are no reports and presentation items. We'll now move on to first presentation. Will the city clerk please sound the items?

Thank you. Do I have a motion on the first presentation items?

Mayor, I make a motion to approve first presentation agenda item number 26-176. Second.

Okay, I have a motion from Council Member Haney and a second from Council Member Jacobus to approve the first presentation item. Please place your votes. Okay, that motion passes unanimously. We will now move on to the public hearing. Will the city clerk please sound the item?

Any questions for Bernadette? Do we have any public comment on this? So I'll close the public hearing and we will vote on this at the next council meeting. There are no zoning agenda or unfinished business items. We will now move on to new business. Will city clerk please sound the item?

Quick question, do we spend any money on sending our inmates down to Rice Street? Does that cost us anything?

so state charges they would pay for because it was a state facility local municipal ones be paid correct you would net out that 40 yeah so 65 or so that 41 250 number yep okay Chief, your rank, I'm sorry, go ahead. So I just, real quick, just make sure I have my stats right. So there's about 250 that are municipal issues and about 250 that are state issues.

Sure. Okay. And so long and short, it's 105 a year to keep our officers from having to make that drive and waste all your time out of the city. Mm-hmm.

Not that I'm asking anybody to go do this. I would wonder how much of that officer time is worth, how much in dollars, if they're not working for our city being here local. Like there's a dollar figure. There's an opportunity cost to that, right?

It still does, to me, it lessens the blow for capturing that and providing better service to our citizens because you're here.

Yeah. Inmates still go down there. They're just getting bused down there by Alpharetta.

And to give a little timeline, this has been transpiring over a couple years now, three years. I mean, it's been going on. It's been a while. And, Chief, you've been working a lot on this, trying to find a solution. I think every city in North Fulton has been trying to find a solution.

Any other questions? Any public comment on this? Okay, I'll close public comment, and I will open it for motion.

Second. Okay, I have a motion from Council Member Cranmer and a second from Council Member Haney to approve agenda item number 26-177. Please place your votes. All right, that is unanimous. Thank you. City Clerk, please see on the next item.

um so now we're just looking for for a replacement through the grant gotcha okay thank you any other questions for chief okay any public comment they're on answer okay we'll close public comment and i will open it for a motion mayor i'd like to make a motion to approve agenda item number 26-178 second okay i have a motion from councilman dolan a second from councilmember jacobus to approve agenda item number 26-178 please place your votes That motion passes unanimously. And as a reminder, if you're here to speak on an agenda item, please come and bring in your comment cards now before the agenda item is being called. With that, I will turn it over to the city clerk to sound the last agenda item.

I will close public comment, and I'll open it for a motion.

Okay, I have a motion from Council Member Cramer and a second from Council Member Jacobus to approve Agenda Item Number 26-179. Please place your votes. Okay, that motion is unanimous. Does Council have anything to report on? Do not. Hearing none, we will now adjourn into executive session to discuss personnel, land acquisition, and litigation. Do I have a motion?

Mayor, I make a motion to adjourn to executive session. Second.

Okay. A motion from Council Member Haney and a second from Dolan. Please place your votes. All right. That's unanimous. We're adjourned.

All in favor? Aye. Can I get a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. Second. All in favor?