City council council meeting april 3, 2017 6: 30pm call to Order: Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

Temple City Council City Hall, 240 Carrollton Street, Temple, Georgia 30179

1. Approve the purchase of a heavy-duty 52-inch lawnmower for the City of Temple Public Works Department...........................................................................................................Dwayne Eberhart

2. Updated report on proposed City Charter changes set forth in a proposed Ordinance as presented by the City Attorney; report on preliminary plans for a City Council workshop at the Georgia Municipal Association in Atlanta and for a training session with the State Attorney General’s Office on Georgia’s Open Meetings Law. ................................................................................................Mike McRae

3. Updated report on proposed changes in the operation of the City of Temple Police Department’s Training Program. .....................................................................................................Chief Lee

4. Updated report on the ongoing review of the City of Temple’s Employee Handbook and the Personnel Policies and Procedures Ordinance of the City of Rockmart........................................Bill Osborne

New Business:

1. Consider authorizing the disposal of certain City of Temple property, being the two empty trailers on Johnson Street which once housed the Police Department, by declaring them surplus and advertising for their sale...........................................................................................................................Bill Osborne

2. Staff reports on the status of development of the 2017 Capital Fund program for the City of Temple and on the anticipated date of its final approval...............................................................Bill Osborne

3. Consider awarding to the successful bidder the purchase of two new Ford vehicles for the Police Department with one being a Sedan and the other a Utility vehicle, to be charged to the City’s 2017 Capital Fund budget. ..........................................................................................................Chief Lee

4. Report by the City Administrator on the annual review of the City Clerk’s performance and on his recommendation based on this review................................................................................Bill Osborne

5. Report and discussion on an Ordinance to change the reduction of the amount of the fine imposed by the City of Temple if an individual is found guilty of possession of less than one ounce of marijuana with no intent to distribute, and to have the first reading of said Ordinance................................Penny Ransom

6. Report on plans for the Saturday, April 8, West Georgia “Old Days Festival” in the City Park from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., including a Veterans Appreciation Ceremony in the Temple Recreation Department gymnasium at 5:00 p.m..................................................................................Kristin Etheredge

7. Report on the annual Highway 78 Yard Sale being held on Saturday, April 8, between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. along a 23-mile stretch of highway between Villa Rica and Tallapoosa, including within the City iof Temple...........................................................................................................................Kristin Etheredge

8. Report on plans for the City of Temple’s participation in the events on Easter weekend on Saturday and Sunday, April 15 and 16, with an Easter Egg Hunt festival starting at 2:00 p.m. at the Senior Center and the egg hunt being held at 3:00 p.m............................................................................Kristin Etheredge

9. Report on plans for the City of Temple’s participation in Georgia Cities Week on April 22 – 29, including the second annual Spring Clean Up on Saturday, April 22..................................Kristin Etheredge

10. Staff report on the implementation of the new billing and financial management system for the City of Temple’s water and sewer operations, including the possible need for any further action to be considered by the City Council at this time............................................................................Bill Osborne

11. Staff report on the parking plan for the retail store proposed for location on Carrollton Street just south of the Temple City Hall..................................................................................................Bill Osborne