FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Council Communications
Atlanta City Hall
55 Trinity Ave. SW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Oct. 17, 2025

ATLANTA—The Atlanta City Council on Monday will consider a resolution donating $1.5 million from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to Mercy Housing Southeast to deliver affordable housing units in the Old Fourth Ward by supporting the Henderson Place redevelopment (25-R-3987).

Other items on the agenda include:

• A resolution to execute a 3-year, $2.5 million agreement to provide telehealth kiosk services for employees. The fully integrated, portable health hub includes live video consultations with licensed medical professionals, real-time diagnostic capabilities, prescription dispensing functionality, and HIPAA-compliant privacy features (25-R-3905).

• An ordinance requiring all Atlanta Fire Rescue Department engine companies and ladder/truck companies to be staffed with a minimum of four personnel per apparatus per shift (25-R-4082).

• A resolution adding a $3 million amendment for green infrastructure and landscaping services, for repairs to the green infrastructure at historic Fourth Ward Park. (25-R-4077).

• A resolution requesting that the City designate or acquire property within Gilbert Gardens for development of affordable housing, conduct a feasibility study and develop an implementation plan (25-R-3992).

• A resolution launching the “It Starts With Me” campaign to help Atlanta achieve and maintain 50 percent average tree cover and encouraging every city resident to employ the Front Yard Tree Program which will plant up to three trees, for free, on their property (25-R-3989).

• A resolution to execute a $645,000 project management agreement with the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District to implement sidewalk repairs and improvements (25-R-3988).

The City Council will present proclamations and recognitions to the late Malcolm Jamal Warner and Donni Turner.

The Council meeting will be held in person at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. All meetings will be conducted under the City of Atlanta’s Charter, City Code of Ordinances, and the rules of the Council as adopted for in-person meetings. In-person public comment procedures will be held as previously conducted and adopted by the Council following City Charter Sections 2-104 and 2-105.

The Council’s Committee Chairs briefing will be held in person on Mondays at 9:30 a.m. in the Council Chamber during the week of full Council. 

The Committee on Council will convene in the Larry M. Dingle Committee Room at 11 a.m. before Monday’s full Council meeting.

The meeting will be available through simulcast on the Council’s website, YouTube channel, Facebook, X, Instagram accounts and Channel 26. Closed captioning will be available on the Council’s Facebook page.

About Atlanta City Council

The Atlanta City Council is the chief policy-making body for the City of Atlanta. It acts by considering and enacting all laws that govern the City. The Council also approves the operating and capital budgets for the City as recommended by the mayor, and it continually monitors revenues and expenditures for local government operations. The Atlanta City Council reviews and has final say on many land-use and zoning matters. Major economic development projects for the City also fall under the council’s jurisdiction.

The City Council is composed of 12 districts and three at-large posts. Council representatives include: Council President: Doug Shipman; District 1: Jason Winston; District 2: Carden Wyckoff; District 3: Byron Amos; District 4: Jason S. Dozier; District 5: Liliana Bakhtiari; District 6: Alex Wan; District 7: Howard Shook; District 8: Mary Norwood; District 9: Dustin Hillis; District 10: Andrea L. Boone; District 11: Marci Collier Overstreet; District 12: Antonio Lewis; Post 1 At-Large: Michael Julian Bond; Post 2 At-Large: Matt Westmoreland; and Post 3 At-Large: Eshé Collins.

To learn more about the Atlanta City Council, please visit http://citycouncil.atlantaga.gov/. For the latest updates, follow the Atlanta City Council on Facebook, , X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.

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Office of Council Communications Contact:

 Zena Lewis
zolewis@atlantaga.gov
404-330-6309

Bill Doughty
wdoughty@atlantaga.gov
404-330-6056

Tiffanie Kelly
trkelly@atlantaga.gov
404-330-6014