Tucker City Council discusses capital improvement software, Town Green engineering

Tucker City Council discussed a new software that will provide more public transparency regarding the city’s five-year capital program spending at its Sept. 24 meeting.

Tucker Finance Director Beverly Hilton and her staff outlined the features of ClearGOV software, including Capital Budgeting that will provide vital information on each project that can be accessed through the city’s website.

Currently, staff is entering data into the system, with completion in time for the presentation of the five-year capital improvement plan at the council’s Oct. 15 meeting.

“Since becoming a city in 2016, multiple studies have been conducted through a process that involves residents, business owners, and elected officials to provide guidance on the future growth and development of the city,” a staff memo presented at the meeting said. “The first Comprehensive Plan was established in 2018 and has been used to develop capital budgets beginning in FY2019. The time has come for the city to implement a plan for expenditures over a five-year period to prioritize projects with projected funding and cash flow.”

The council also approved $310,000 to relocate 21 utility poles on Old Norcross Road. City Engineer Ken Hildebrandt  said many of the poles are one-to-two feet away from the travel lanes and they have been hit multiple times by vehicles.

The relocation of the poles will make way for the installation of sidewalks on the west side of Old Norcross Road from the Reid H. Cofer Library to Spring Glen Drive.

In other action, the council:

• Approved $423,000 for a construction, engineering and inspection contract with Lowe Engineers to manage the administration, construction engineering, inspection, and management of materials sampling and testing at the city’s newest park, Tucker Town Green .
  
• Approved the sale of a public right-of-way between Fern Drive, Lawrenceville Highway, Montreal Road, and Montreal Circle for $50,000 to RMS South, Inc. which also  owns the adjacent property at 1501 Montreal Circle. The buyer intends to build a medical building on the two properties.
  
• Announced that the next session of University of Government Affairs will be held on Oct. 17. Officials will  discuss capital improvement projects.

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