Article Category: City Council Update

The first meeting of May for Tucker Mayor and Council was at capacity on Monday evening. The meeting was opened by students from Stone Mountain Middle School’s STEM program who are University of Maryland bound to compete in the International SeaPerch Challenge. The consent agenda was amended to remove a contract and then approved unanimously…

The first meeting of April was called to order at 7 p.m., and cast members from Livsey Elementary School’s play Wooing Wed Widing Hood led the Pledge of Allegiance. The first order of business was a second read on an ordinance to amend the Tucker code to allow for setting up a stormwater utility, and…

Council unanimously approved the ordinance to add an amendment to Tucker’s building code to require better sprinkler systems in multi-family units. Tucker Council also unanimously approved four contracts pertaining to probation services for the municipal court, a Housing Study awarded to KB Advisory for $74,700, Street Resurfacing awarded to Allied Paving for $3,291,521.65, and Sidewalk…

Mayor and Council met for the regular scheduled meeting the second Monday of February and called to order at 7 p.m. The meeting opened with Girl Scout Troop 18523 in attendance to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. The consent agenda was amended and unanimously approved to remove and amend the minutes for the work session…

The December 12 regularly scheduled City Council meeting was the only business meeting for the Mayor and Council this month and is the last of the 2022 year. Business started with unanimous approval of the evening’s agenda after slight changes were made: Mayor and Council revisited the attendance of Councilmember Noelle Monferdini and approved it…

In the first order of business for the November 14 City Council Meeting the Council voted 6-0 to approve the consent agenda consisting of the minutes of the October regular meeting and work session as well as the first read of an Ordinance to amend the Tucker Code Chapter 40 concerning the Hotel Motel tax…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council held their first meeting of the month on October 10, performing a number of first reads and contract considerations in addition to unanimously approving the adoption of the City of Tucker official calendar for 2023. The ordinances that received a first read were: The unanimously approved contracts were: An amendment…

September’s regular scheduled meeting had a full agenda and started with six items on the consent agenda: The three items listed for Old Business were all second reads with public hearings and were approved by the Mayor and Council with 6-0 votes. These include: New business included a first read and public hearing for the…

Tucker City Council met for the first time in August on the first day of school for the DeKalb County School District. School Board Member Allyson Gevertz was the first up during Public Comment with a message from Tucker High School Principal, Dr. Eric Parker, that the day went very well! August is the second…

Tucker City Council met just one time in the month of July and took the opportunity to introduce a way to streamline business with a consent agenda. The consent agenda included five items and was approved unanimously A number of second reads took place. The special land use permit (SLUP) and modification to the zoning…

Tucker’s Mayor and City Council began their monthly meeting with the final discussion and public hearing of the proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget. After an explanation of slight changes to the numbers and the process set forth by the state, county and our own charter, the council voted unanimously to approve the budget. Next on…

May’s regular scheduled City Council meeting was held on May 9, 2022 at Tucker’s City Hall. The Mayor and City Council welcomed new Tucker Middle School Principal Dr. Debbie Satterfield back to the Tucker Cluster. Council started with the second read and vote on the Tucker Exchange Special Land Use Permit to allow a mixed-use,…