BOC Agenda Summary from January 24, 2012

A. INSPIRATIONAL

Pastor College Lewis Gunby
Green Pastures Christian Ministries

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Jason Student, Flat Shoals Elementary

B. PRESENTATIONS

Watershed Students

Poverty Awareness Month
Commissioner Kathie Gannon

C. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC

D. 10:00 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING

Commission Districts: 2 & 6
D1.    Traffic Calming Petition – Mason Mill Road (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
Commission Districts: 4 & 7
D2.    Rezone – Adrienne Singley-Candido (Deferred from the 11/15/11 BOC Rezoning Meeting – for decision only; Deferred from the 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meeting) - DENIED
D3.    Special Land Use Permit – Julia Hart (Deferred from the 9/27/11 & 11/15/11 BOC Rezoning Meetings; Deferred from the 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meeting)APPROVED WITH STAFF’S CONDITIONS

E.    APPEALS

E1.    NONE

F. APPOINTMENTS

F1.    Reappointment to the DeKalb County Board of Health – Dr. Daniel Salinas (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
F2.    Appointment to the DeKalb Community Service Board – Mr. Ken Archer (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Employee Relations & Community Services Committee)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
F3.    Appointment to the DeKalb Community Service Board – Ms. Sheryl Arno (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Employee Relations & Community Services Committee)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
F4.    Appointment to the DeKalb Community Service Board – Mr. John Bushfield (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Employee Relations & Community Services Committee)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Board of Commissioners – District 5
F5.    Appointment for Director of Planning and Sustainability—Gary Cornell (Normal Coursed from the 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meeting)WITHDRAWN

G.    CONSENT AGENDA

Airport
G1.    Standardized T-Hangar Lease Agreement with John W. Berry (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
G2.    Standardized T-Hangar Lease Agreement with John T. Downing (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
G3.    Standardized T-Hangar Lease Agreement with L. Randolph Huyett, Jr. (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
G4.    Standardized T-Hangar Lease Agreement with Donald A. Jones (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
G5.    Standardized Office Space Lease Agreement with Angel Flight Soars, Inc. (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
G6.    Lease Agreement with Pope Retail Properties (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda)
Fire Rescue - APPROVED
G7.    Acceptance of Award from Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
G8.    Acceptance of a Donation in the Amount of $6,337.00 to DeKalb County Fire Rescue from Dunwoody Rotary Charitable Fund (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
Human & Community Development
G9.    Acceptance of Grant from the State of Georgia for $75,000.00 – Governor’s Office for Children and Families (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED
Police
G10.    Match Fund Allocations – 2011 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - APPROVED

H.    PRELIMINARY ITEMS

Board of Commissioners
H1.    Reconsider: Commission Committees for 2012 (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda) - WITHDRAWN
H2.    Commission Committees for 2012 (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda)NORMAL COURSED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Human & Community Development
H3.    To Convert the Information and Referral Position #10396 from Part-Time to Full-Time (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Employee Relations & Community Services Committee)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
Planning & Sustainability
H4.    DeKalb County SDAT Final Report (Southwest DeKalb/District 5 Planning Study) (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Planning, Economic Development & Public Works Committee)DEFERRED FOR A FULL CYCLE
Purchasing & Contracting
H5.    Purchases (Low Bidders)
LB1.    Herbicide and Kudzu Control Services: (Annual Contract) Invitation No.: 3002117 for use by Roads and Drainage (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Finance, Audit & Budget Committee – recommended approval) - APPROVED
Purchases (Request for Proposals)
RFP1.    Housing of IBM Mainframe: Request for Proposal 11-500173 for use by Information Systems (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Finance, Audit & Budget Committee - Administration requested that the item be held for two weeks & return to Committee)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
RPF2.    Pre-Employment Physicals and Drug and Alcohol Testing Services: Request for Proposals No. 11-500176 for use by the Human Resources Department (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Finance, Audit & Budget Committee – recommended approval) - APPROVED
Purchases (Extension)
EXT1.    Banking and Financial Services for DeKalb County: Request for Proposal No. 06-500033 for Banking and Financial Services (Accepted to the Regular BOC Meeting Agenda; Assigned to the Finance, Audit & Budget Committee - – recommended approval of extending to March 31, 2012)APPROVED
ADDENDA
H6.  Add an item to the agenda -  APPROVED
H7.  Street Name Change – Snapfinger Road; Petition process to change the street name to Martin Luther King, Jr. Road; DEFERRED FOR A FULL CYCLE
H8.  Add an item to the agenda – APPROVED
H9.    Resolution to establish program administrative fees for the Enactment of Interior Code
         Compliance, Chapters 7 and 15, pertaining to code compliance certificates and for
         other purposes, Code of DeKalb County, Georgia- NORMAL COURSED UNTIL
         FEBRUARY 14, 2012

I.    ITEMS FOR DECISION BY THE BOARD

Board of Commissioners
I4.    Resolution Encouraging the DeKalb County Delegation to the Georgia General Assembly to Amend the Organizational Act of DeKalb County, Georgia to Require that the Purchasing Policy of DeKalb County Government be Set by Ordinance of the Governing Authority ((Normal Coursed from the 10/11/11 Regular BOC Meeting; Deferred from the 10/25/11 & 11/15/11 Regular BOC Meetings; Discussed in the 11/15/11 Finance, Audit & Budget Committee – recommended approval; Deferred from the 12/6/11 Regular BOC Meeting; Discussed in the 12/6/11 County Operations & Public Safety Committee meeting – recommended approval; Deferred from the 12/13/11 & 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meetings) APPROVED SUBSTITUTE
Board of Commissioners – District 1
I5.    Employee Benefit – Purchasing Power (Normal Coursed from the 12/13/11 Regular BOC Meeting; Deferred from the 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meeting; Discussed in the 1/17/12 Employee Relations & Community Services Committee – no official recommendation) - APPROVED
Board of Commissioners – District 7
I6.    Resolution to Encourage Schools and Recreational Leagues to Cease Fundraising Efforts at Traffic Light Intersections (Deferred from the 10/11/11 Regular BOC Meeting; Assigned to the County Operations & Public Safety Committee – no official recommendation; Deferred from the 10/25/11 Regular BOC Meeting; Reassigned to the County Operations & Public Safety Committee; Deferred from the 11/8/11, 12/6/11, 12/13/11 & 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meetings)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 14, 2012
County Clerk
I7.    Approval of Minutes of the Special Called Meeting of October 18, 2011 (Deferred from the 12/13/11 & 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meetings)DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 2012
I8.    Approval of Minutes of the Special Called Meeting of November 1, 2011 (Deferred from the 12/13/11 & 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meetings) DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 2012
I9.    Approval of Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 13, 2011 (Deferred from the 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meeting) DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Finance
I10.    Hotel-Motel Tax Levy (Deferred from the 12/6/11 Regular BOC Meeting) DEFERRED UNTIL FEBRUARY 28, 2012
Human Resources/Recorder’s Court -
I11.    Amendment to the Code of DeKalb County, Georgia, Chapter 20, Article I, Section 20-4 Relating to Merit Exempt Positions (Normal Coursed from the 10/11/11 Regular BOC Meeting; Discussed in the 10/13/11 County Operations & Public Safety Committee – no official recommendation; Deferred from the 10/25/11, 12/6/11 & 12/13/11 Regular BOC Meetings) DEFERRED UNTIL MARCH 13, 2012
Recreation, Parks & Cultural Affairs
I12.    To Appropriate $1,885,000 of the 2006 Park Bond Interest to Park Capital Improvements (Deferred from the 12/6/11 & 1/10/12 Regular BOC Meetings; Discussed in the 1/17/12 Employee Relations & Community Services Committee – recommended approval) - APPROVED

J.    COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD

K.  POLICY OF NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY

The DeKalb County Government does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs or activities.  The Office of Contract Compliance and EEO, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, GA 30030, 404-371-4795 & TDD 404-371-7064, has been designated to coordinate compliance with the non-discrimination requirements contained in Section 35.107 of the Department of Justice regulations.  Information concerning the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the rights provided there under are available from the ADA Coordinator.  A ten-day notice is requested for special accommodations.