Atlanta City Council to consider a $17.9 million secured equipment financing agreement to purchase 11 fire trucks

District 10 Council member Andrea Boone introduced the ordinance during the Oct. 16 full council meeting

ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council will consider an ordinance authorizing the execution of a $17.9 million secured equipment financing agreement to acquire 11 fire trucks (24-O-1571). 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 on the agenda include:

• 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 that have 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).
• An ordinance transferring $125,000 to the Department of Parks and Recreation for installing pickleball courts in Central Park (24-O-1591).
• A resolution authorizing an intergovernmental agreement between the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation and Atlanta Public Schools for joint use of facilities for recreational, athletic and educational purposes (24-R-4290)
• 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).

The City Council will present proclamations and recognitions to the band 14 Karat Gold, Atlanta Commission on Women, and Rev. Dr. Robert Rice, Jr.