Mayor and Council – Regular Meeting Recap
Roswell’s Mayor and City Council held their first regular meeting of August on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026, at City Hall. View the full agenda. Agenda item numbers below correspond to items as listed on the official agenda.
Councilmember Jennifer Phillippi had an excused absence, so all City Council votes were cast among the five Councilmembers present.
Consent Agenda
The meeting opened with Council unanimously approving (5-0) several items on the consent agenda (Consent Agenda, Items 1-11):
- Minutes of the July 27, 2026, Mayor and Council meeting
- Authorization to perform right-of-way acquisition and to accept right-of-way options for the Pine Grove Phase 1A project. The approved amount is not to exceed $1.2 million.
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for improvements to the shooting range at the E-911 Center to Range Systems for $1,109,979
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for replacement of four tennis courts at East Roswell Park to Signature Tennis for $197,760
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for replacing the gymnasium floor at Hembree Park to Covington Flooring Company for $117,027
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for replacing basketball goals and bleachers in the gymnasium at Hembree Park to Southeastern Surfaces and Equipment for $104,478.78
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for replacing a 50-ton HVAC unit at the Public Safety Headquarters building to Chastain Plumbing Heating and Cooling for no more than $113,353
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a pair of contracts for replacing two 60-ton HVAC units at the Public Safety Headquarters building to Chastain Plumbing Heating and Cooling and at a per-unit expenditure of no more than $129,941
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for Powered Terminal Units (PIU) and Variable Air Volume Fans (VAV) for the City Hall HVAC Improvement project to Comfort Systems in an amount not to exceed $727,000
- Authorization for the Mayor or City Administrator to award a contract for HVAC improvements at City Hall to Trane Technologies for no more than $432,821.76
Regular Agenda
The regular agenda began with Council denying (3-2) a rezoning request for a 10-acre site at 0 Old Roswell Road (Regular Agenda, Item 1). The request asked for land, currently zoned Commercial Mixed Use, to be rezoned to Office Residential in order to accommodate a 62-townhome development.
They then approved three (5-0) changes to the City Code, including:
- An amendment to the Unified Development Code (UDC)’s Stormwater Management section (Regular Agenda, Item 2). The changes will update the code’s text to include reference to the City of Roswell Stormwater Handbook, as well as to make some minor revisions for clarity and consistency.
- A related amendment to the Code of Ordinances regarding post-development Stormwater Management (Regular Agenda, Item 3)
- An amendment to the UDC related to data centers (Regular Agenda, Item 4). This amendment stems from months of research by City staff and a pair of public hearings to gather input on data centers. The code amendment includes defining “data centers” and setting standards for potential data centers within the City of Roswell pertaining to noise, water, and energy consumption.
Council heard an item for a resolution to allow the City to apply for a loan of up to $3 million and a grant of up to $1.5 million from the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (Regular Agenda, Item 5). Councilmember Sarah Beeson recused herself from this item, citing personal property adjacent to the area under consideration, and rejoined the dais following the vote.
The low-interest loan and grant are administered by the State Road and Tollway Authority, and if granted, will be used to facilitate the Green Street Mobility Project. Initially, the Council split their vote 2-2, causing a tie, which was broken by the Mayor in favor of the item. Ultimately, the item was approved 3-2.
City Attorney’s Report
The lone item in the City Attorney’s Report was a recommendation to go into Closure at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2026, ahead of the regularly scheduled meeting, for the purpose of discussing personnel, litigation and/or real estate (City Attorney’s Report, Item 6). That measure passed unanimously.
Coming Up
The next regularly scheduled City Council meeting will be held on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. That meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at City Hall (38 Hill Street).
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