Fayetteville City News - January 2024

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CITY NEWS JANUARY 2024

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MAYOR AND TWO COUNCILMEMBERS COMMENCE NEW TERM IN OFFICE STATE COURT JUDGE JASON THOMPSON officiated the Fayetteville City Council’s swearingin ceremony Thursday evening, January 18, marking the continued service of councilmembers Joe Clark and Darryl Langford as well as Mayor Ed Johnson for another four years. Pictured (l-r) are Councilman Clark, Councilman Langford, Mayor Johnson, and Judge Thompson.

Also Thursday evening, Councilmember Rich Hoffman was elected by his peers to serve as Mayor Pro-Tem for 2024.

BOARD APPOINTMENTS THE FAYETTEVILLE MAYOR and City Council during their January 18 meeting unanimously appointed several new members to the Planning & Zoning

Commission, Ethics Board, and Public Facility Authority.

Appointed to the Planning & Zoning Commission were Lori Mideau (Post 2), Kelly Brown (Post 4), and Chris Key (Post 6). They will each serve January 2024 through December 2025. They join Sarah Murphy, Toby Spencer, and David Hilderbrandt, who

are each serving terms that began January 2023 and expire December 2024.

Lydia Powell was appointed to the Ethics Board. Ron Cantoni, Aaron Wright, and Nancy Musselwhite were appointed to the Public Facility Authority.

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CITY CLERK VALERIE GLASS RETIRES AFTER NEARLY A DECADE WITH FAYETTEVILLE FAYETTEVILLE CITY CLERK VALERIE GLASS retired in December after serving the City for almost 10 years.

Glass joined the City in 2014as a Finance Department employee, and she became Deputy City Clerk in 2016, serving alongside then-City Clerk Anne Barksdale. Glass also served as Executive Assistant to City Manager Ray Gibson.

When Barksdale retired at the end of 2022, Glass was promoted to the role of City Clerk, and Chelsea Siemen became the Deputy City Clerk. Siemen is now the Interim City Clerk.

“The clerk in local government wears many hats, ensuring that local government is operating efficiently and effectively, and ensuring that the Executive Team of the City, the Mayor and Council, myself, and others are meeting all their obligations,” said Gibson as he addressed the City Council during their January 18 meeting. “Keeping all of us on schedule is not an easy task.”

“Projects, like the City Hall & City Center Park, these projects don’t happen without people like Valerie working behind the

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scenes to get the proper paperwork executed and the meetings organized,” Gibson continued. “We all appreciate her commitment and, most of all, her friendship, and we wish her all the best in retirement.”

“Valerie has been a tremendous asset to the City, especially to the Administrative Department,” said Mayor Ed Johnson. “She was the go-to person for me as the Mayor and for all of the Council. So, Valerie, you are truly going to be missed, but we hope that you will enjoy retirement.”

CITY ANNOUNCES DECEMBER 2023 EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

EMPLOYEE of the month

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AGNES BRIDGES Finance Development

GREG MOODY Fire Department

THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE announced two Employees of the Month for December 2023, based on their hard work and dedicated service. The employees of the Month are Agnes Bridges in the Finance Department and Greg Moody in the Fire Department.

When Michigan recently won the college football championship game, at least two Fayetteville City Hall employees were happy about it. Pictured are Planning & Zoning Manager Julie Brown (left) and Interim City Clerk Chelsea Siemen.

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FEBRUARY 17 HOA/POA MEETING TO FOCUS ON STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATES THE NEXT HOA/POA QUARTERLY MEETING will happen Saturday morning, February 17, 9:30-11 a.m., at Fayetteville City Hall in the Council Chambers. The primary focus for this meeting will be stormwater infrastructure updates and discussion.

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CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE The Fayetteville Police Department announced it is now accepting Citizens Police Academy (CPA) applications for spring 2024. The popular program will commence March 7 and conclude May 9, with all sessions taking place on Thursdays 6-8 p.m.

There is no charge to participants, but completed

applications must be submitted to the Fayetteville Police Department Headquarters in person by Friday, February 9.

Criminal background checks will be completed prior to finalizing the CPA participant roster.

For more information and to download the CPA application, visit www.fayetteville-ga.

gov/cpa, or pick up a paper copy at the Fayetteville Police Department Headquarters, 760 Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard, Fayetteville, 30215. Those interested may also contact the Fayetteville Police CARE Unit: Officer Sara Brandao, sbrandao@fayetteville-ga.gov; Officer Scott Israel, sisrael@fayetteville-ga.gov.

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The Fayetteville City Council honored police officers Diana Snider and Jacob Collins during their January 18 meeting for recently receiving public safety awards from Governor Brian Kemp relating to their heroic rescue efforts during the January 2023 tornado in nearby Spalding County. That complete story was published in the December edition of City News, which can be viewed at www.fayetteville-ga.gov/citynews.

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GENE EXLINE WINS FFD’S FORD F-150 RAFFLE LOCAL TOWING COMPANY owner Gene Exline is the winner of the Fayetteville Fire Department’s first-ever Ford F-150 raffle, a fund raiser organized to raise money for Fayettevillebased The Eden Project and the Fire Department’s own fire prevention education programs.

Exline. “That’s the last one I bought on the day of the drawing.”

The winning ticket, drawn on New Year’s Eve, was Number 453.

Exline is a supporter of the Fayetteville Fire Department’s community outreach programs, so he said he wanted to show his support for this fund raiser as well. “I thought I would get in on it for $100,” he said. “When I won, it was a little shocking.”

“I bought 15 tickets total,” said

The raffle campaign started

in the fall, centered around the October Tailgate with a Firefighter event at City Center Park. It concluded with the Sunday evening drawing on December 31. Organizers say they are already making plans to host another raffle in the fall of 2024.

PD AWARDED $27K TRAFFIC GRANT THE FAYETTEVILLE POLICE Department announced it has been awarded a major traffic enforcement grant in the amount of $27,383.44 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) in Atlanta.

The Fayetteville Police Department received the grant in recognition of its lifesaving work as the coordinating agency of GOHS’s Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network Traffic Enforcement Network. There are sixteen traffic enforcement networks

across the state that help enforce Georgia’s year-round safety belt, speed and impaired driving campaigns.

“The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is working with our highway safety partners to reverse the increase in traffic deaths we have seen in the United States in the last two years and the goal of this project is to prevent crashes and save lives on our roads,” said Allen Poole, Director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “We ask everyone to

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join the mission of saving lives on our roads by driving the speed limit, wearing your seat belt, staying off the phone when driving, and never driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”

The Metro Atlanta Traffic Enforcement Network includes law enforcement agencies in seven counties, which include Fayette, Clayton, Henry, Dekalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, and Cobb.

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS NOW STREAM LIVE ON YOUTUBE Fayetteville City Council meetings, which for years have been streamed live on Facebook, now stream live on the YouTube platform as well.

The City’s IT team facilitated the live streaming of the January 18 City Council meeting, and it was a success. That video is now archived on the City’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/@fayetteville_ga. Live streams are also viewable during and after City Council meetings at www.youtube. com/@fayetteville_ga/streams.

The current City Council meeting video is currently featured on the City’s website homepage, www.fayetteville-ga.gov.

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ELECTRONICS RECLYCLING No Monitors/TVs.

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FAYETTEVILLE FIREFIGHTER NOAH MAUPIN GRADUATES FAYETTE COUNTY’S FIREFIGHTER SCHOOL

City of Fayetteville Firefighter Noah Maupin recently graduated from Fayette County’s firefighter course with Recruit Class Number 48. A graduation ceremony was held January 4 at the Fayette County Board of Commissioners’ public meeting room in Fayetteville.

Read more at www.fayetteville-ga.gov/news.

FAYETTEVILLE WINS AWARD FOR VISIONARY PLANNING Fayetteville’s Community & Economic Development Department was celebrated at the January 18 Fayetteville City Council meeting for recently winning the Atlanta Regional City of Fayetteville Firefighter Noah Maupin recently Regional Excellence Award for graduated from Fayette County’s firefighter courseCommission’s with Visionary Planning.

That complete story was Recruit Class Number 48. A graduation ceremony was published in the November edition of City held January 4 at the Fayette County Board of CommisNews: www.fayetteville-ga.gov/citynews. sioners’ public meeting room in Fayetteville.

Read more at www.fayetteville-ga.gov/news.

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Fayetteville looks forward to welcoming Sonic to the neighborhood in the coming weeks. The restaurant will look different to others in the region, as it will be drive-through service only. The Sonic in Fayetteville is located on the site of the former Hotlanta Wings on North Glynn Street (Highway 85 North) just north of the Highway 314 and North Jeff Davis Drive intersection.

New commercial development continues across the City of Fayetteville, and updates, including photos and construction documents, are available on the Citizen Engagement Portal. Visit www.fayetteville-ga.gov/construction for more information.

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FAYETTEVILLE BUSINESSES STARTED IN DECEMBER

Peach Cobbler Factory Fayetteville

100 Banks Crossing

Crescendo Solutions

125 Commerce Dr Ste A

CBD Superstore

335 Glynn St N

D.R. Appliances Corp

1381 Highway 85 N Ste D

The Hundred Exchange

100 Knight Way

Millerís Ale House

1350 Highway 85 N

Premier Womenís Gyn

300 Glynn St S

My Salon Suite Fayetteville

1415 Highway 85 N Ste 120

iMatch Auto

90 Commerce Dr Ste F18

Top Class Motorsports

90 Commerce Dr Ste F31

Trilith Guesthouse 350 Trilith Parkway Macro Equipments

90 Commerce Dr Ste F39

Amos Auto

90 Commerce Dr Ste F25

J & K Auto Group

90 Commerce Dr Ste B42

Gotte Autos

90 Commerce Dr Ste B7

Atlanta Auto Zone

115 Commerce Dr Ste E13

2nd Opp Media Group

600 Glynn St N Ste B

Avant Behavioral Consultants

805 Lanier Ave E Ste A/B/C/D

Unity Tax Group

901 Glynn St N Ste B

Dem Auto Sales

90 Commerce Dr Ste F14

National Retail Remodel Services

350 Stonewall Ave Ste B

Dealer Connect

90 Commerce Dr Ste F32

Elite Motors Group

90 Commerce Dr Ste F26

The Auto Plug

90 Commerce Dr Ste F12

Donut Worry

539 Glynn St N Ste CI

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Ribbon Cuttings

FAYETTEVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AWARDED

Learn more about business engagement at www.fayetteville-ga.gov/business

Trilith Guesthouse

The much-anticipated Trilith Guesthouse hotel opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, January 18, in the Town at Trilith neighborhood. The Mayor and City Council members along with several City staffers were on hand for the grand occasion, featuring tours of the facility and tastes of the food being offered throughout the hotel.

Accessible Design Studios Fayetteville officially welcomed Accessible Design Studios to the business community on January 4 during a ribbon cutting ceremony hosted by the Fayette Chamber of Commerce. The office is located at 120-A Commerce Circle.

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FAYETTEVILLE EVENTS CALENDER 2024 (DATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

FEBRUARY

AUGUST

11 24 8 17

3,10,17,24 Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness / City Center Park 6 National Night Out / Fayette Pavilion 10 TBD- Music Festival / City Center Park 23 Main Street Movie Night / City Center Park

Line Creek Market / City Center Park Galentine’s on Main Street / Mainstreet Coffee with a Cop / Azaela Estates of Fayetteville* HOA/POA Quarterly Meeting / City Hall*

MARCH 9 23, 30

APRIL 6, 13 13 14, 21 20 21 27 28

MAY 4

11

16 18

JUNE 15 16 21 JULY 13 26

Market on the Square / Courthouse Square Fitness in the Park with Piedmont Wellness Center / City Center Park

SEPTEMBER

7 Festival of Arts / Courthouse Square 7,14, 21,28 Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness / City Center Park 14 Market on the Square - Hosted by Artistic Fusion / Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness Courthouse Square City Center Park 15 Line Creek Market / City Center Park Market on the Square - Hosted by Artistic Fusion / 21 4th Annual Fire Truck Pull w/ Fire Department / Courthouse Square Fayette Pavilion Parking Lot Fitness in the Park with Piedmont Wellness Center / City Center Park OCTOBER Parkinson’s Moving Day with Piedmont Fayette / 5 Faith & Blue / City Center Park City Center Park 11,12,13 Cemetery Walk / Historic Cemetery Line Creek Market / City Center Park 12 2nd Annual Woof Stock / City Center Park Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness / 26 Pumpkin Festival / Courthouse Square City Center Park 28 Main Street Movie Night / City Center Park Fitness in the Park with Piedmont Wellness Center / City Center Park NOVEMBER 2 Tailgate with a Firefighter / City Center Park 9 4th Annual Carnival in the Park / City Center Park Guns & Hoses / New Hope Baptist Church 11 Veterans Day Celebration (To be announced) Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness 15 Main Street Movie Night / City Center Park City Center Park 17 Line Creek Market / City Center Park Market on the Square - Hosted by Artistic Fusion 23 Light up City Center Park Courthouse Square 29 Plaid Friday / Downtown Main Street Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness / Shop Local Event City Center Park 30 Small Business Saturday Chamber of Commerce Cornhole Tournament / Downtown Main Street City Center Park Shop Local Event Fitness in the Park with Ultimate Fitness / City Center Park DECEMBER 14 Miracle on Main Street Parade and Market / Downtown Parade + City Center Park Market on the Square / Courthouse Square Line Creek Market in the Park / City Center Park Main Street Movie Night / City Center Park * Additional dates for these series will be

added as they are confirmed. Please visit fayetteville-ga.gov/events.

Market on the Square - Hosted by Artistic Fusion Courthouse Square The Ville Amphitheater dates will be Main Street Movie Night / City Center Park announced in February. Visit thevilleamp.com.

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