The Atlanta City Council approved an ordinance authorizing a $17.9 million agreement to acquire 11 firefighting vehicles at its Nov. 4 meeting.
The city will purchase eight pumper trucks and three aerial trucks, according to the legislation.
A recent Atlanta City Auditor’s office report concluded that about one-third of the city’s fire vehicles are beyond their lifecycle, usually between 15 and 18 years. According to the report, more than 20 percent are out of service at any juncture.
Other items that the Council adopted include:
- A resolution implementing a citywide “no-ride zone” for sharable dockless mobility devices such as scooters and e-bikes between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. daily (24-R-4212).
- A resolution requesting the formation of a commission to determine a proper way to honor Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, the first woman to serve full-time on the Atlanta Municipal Court benches, the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Fulton County, and the first African American woman to serve as Chief Administrative Judge of any Georgia Judicial Circuit (24-R-4306).
- A resolution approving an application for a $15 million Low-Carbon Transportation Materials Grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide funding for the use of construction materials with lower levels of greenhouse gases (24-R-4433).
- An ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025 budget by adding $489,000 of accrued interest from the 2015 General Obligation Public Improvement Bond Issuance to fund improvements at the Municipal Market (24-O-1569).
- A resolution authorizing a $50,000 donation to the nonprofit 100 Black Men of Atlanta (24-R-4309).
- A resolution requesting that the Department of Parks and Recreation conduct a feasibility study for the renovation and expansion of the Rambo Park Recreation Center (24-R-4307).
- An ordinance authorizing the City Planning Department to seek a $100,000 “Breaking Barriers to Business Grant” from Living Cities, a collaborative of leading philanthropic foundations and financial institutions committed to closing the racial income and wealth gap. Three organizations – Grove Park Foundation, Sweet Auburn Works, and West End Merchants Coalition – were identified as representing commercial corridors of color that would benefit from this initiative(24-O-1561).
- A resolution establishing a City of Atlanta Americans With Disabilities Act advisory committee to provide recommendations on improvements to the city of Atlanta’s current accessibilities for persons with disabilities (24-R-4432).
Items introduced for consideration include:
- A resolution approving the execution of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority, enabling the Authority to conduct a $150,000 feasibility study on developing an LGBTQ community cultural, educational, and recreation center in the city.
- Ordinances renaming Central Avenue S.W. from Decatur Street S.E. to Pryor Street S.W. as “Shirley Clarke Franklin Boulevard’ and renaming Westside Reservoir Park to “Shirley Clarke Franklin Park.” The changes are recommendations from the commission tasked with determining the appropriate manner to honor the former Atlanta mayor.
- An ordinance to designate a portion of Downtown Atlanta as a temporary “Public Entertainment District” between Jan. 1 and Jan. 20, 2025, as part of the 2025 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and the 2025 College Football Playoff National Championship, both taking place at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
