Council to consider adding funds to housing trust fund
The Atlanta City Council on Wednesday will consider legislation to transfer $3.5 million from the general fund’s uncommitted fund balance to the City of Atlanta’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget (23-O-1331). The $3.5 million will raise the total sum to $11.5 million or 1.5 percent of the general fund budget as outlined in the legislation that established the fund in 2021. The fund’s objective is to secure recurring funding for establishing and maintaining affordable housing for low-income individuals and families in Atlanta.
Other items on the agenda include:
• An ordinance to amend the Fiscal Year 2024 general fund budget to authorize the chief financial officer to transfer appropriations from the non-departmental unrestricted reserves up to $3 million to address resurfacing and safety improvements in the City’s right of way (23-O-1334). The legislation also authorizes the chief financial officer to anticipate and appropriate interest income proceeds from the Series 2015 General Obligation Public Improvement Bond in an amount not to exceed $9 million for related projects.
• A resolution authorizing the mayor or his representative to enter into a project management agreement with the Upper Westside Community Improvement District pertaining to the Westside Paper Spur Trail Project (23-R-3754).
• A resolution urging the City of Atlanta to collaborate with metro Atlanta counties and corresponding health departments to identify additional funding to support access to abortion health services (23-R-3756).
• An ordinance to establish a retention incentive payment program for Fiscal Year 2024 to apply to certain City employees and to amend the Fiscal Year 2024 budget and other City fund budgets by transferring an amount not to exceed approximately $6.8 million to accounts identified by the chief financial officer (23-O-1338). The legislation is aimed at providing a $2,000 incentive and addressing current challenges to recruiting and retaining employees.
• An ordinance authorizing a retention incentive payment agreement for all E911 employees employed as of July 1, 2023 for an amount not to exceed $2,500 (23-O-1328).
• A resolution granting authorization to allocate a maximum total of $500,000 to the Atlanta Police Foundation for the acquisition, installation, and ongoing maintenance of safety and security cameras to be strategically placed in District 9 (23-R-3760).
• An ordinance authorizing the City of Atlanta to acquire approximately 0.76 acres of property located along Benjamin E. Mays Drive from The Conservation Fund to expand West Manor Park in District 10 in an amount not to exceed approximately $387,000 (23-O-1330).
• A resolution authorizing the mayor or his designee to apply for and accept Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant funds in an amount not to exceed approximately $528,000 for the purpose of implementing energy efficiency and conservation programs in the City of Atlanta’s municipal building portfolio (23-R-3765).
• A resolution requesting the installation of traffic calming devices on Euclid Avenue NE between Benning Place NE and North Avenue NE (23-R-3763).
• A resolution requesting the installation of stop signs at the intersection of Euclid Avenue NE and Benning Place NE (23-R-3764).
Proclamations and recognitions will be presented in honor of Eunice Glover, Sistography, and Nathaniel Wiggins.
The Committee on Council will convene in Committee Room №1 at 11 a.m. The full Council meeting will be held at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
The meeting will be simulcast on the Council’s website, YouTube channel, Facebook and Twitter pages, and Channel 26. Closed captioning will be available on the Council’s Facebook page.
