Live: Cartersville City Council

7 p.m. The meeting begins with a prayer and the pledge.

7:02 p.m. The council approved a rezoning and annexation request by Henry Floyd for property located at West Avenue and Euharlee Road from office-commercial to general-commercial. No one spoke during the associated public hearing.

7:03 p.m. Leaders were not required to consider a special use application by Roy Rozanske for property at 324 W. Porter St. to allow a salvage yard operation in the Heavy Industrial zoned district due to the variance being rejected by the Board of Zoning Appeals. The council removed the item from the agenda.

7:04 p.m. Councilmen approved a Georgia Department of Transportation letter of approval regarding a grant received for the Leake Mounts-Etowah Riverwalk trail project. The new schedule proposed by GDOT puts bid advertisements for the project in July of next year.

7:07 p.m. The council approved a contract with Potts Construction/Graham Commercial Contractors, who will serve as the construction manager for the new public safety headquarters and Fire Station No. 4. Officials expect an aggregate cost of construction at $12 million. The next step will be for Potts/Graham to advertise for local subcontractors for phases of the project.

A job fair will be held Friday, July 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the for local contractors.

The council has a number of purchases and agreements on the agenda. Those approved are:

• 7:08 p.m. An annual agreement with USA Software Support for $28,399 for the ’s internal data and information system, in-car computers and reporting system.

• 7:11 p.m. The purchase of two electric re-closers — breakers placed on an electrical line that allow only a section of it to be disrupted — from Florida Transformer for $11,376.

• 7:12 p.m. An agreement with Williamson & Co. to perform a fiscal year 2011 audit in the amount of $36,200.

• 7:13 p.m. The purchase of services from Rome Electrical Motor Works to rebuild two recycle water pumps at the waste water plant in the amount of $11,604.

• 7:14 p.m. An agreement not to exceed $9,813 with Jacobs Engineering Group to provide design drawing and specifications for the installation of a water main at Nancy Creek and Sugar Valley Road. The project is now part of the city’s Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax project to widen the bridge over the creek on Sugar Valley.

• 7:17 p.m. A change order with C&L Contractors for $10,845 due to electrical duct banks not found until during a project to install a return activated sludge line.

• 7:17 p.m. A change order on a re-roofing project at the Water Department’s Distribution and Collections Center to replace 15 damaged panels in the amount of $6,640.

7:17 p.m. The council added two items to the agenda.

7:18 p.m. The council approved a joint resolution to form a second Joint Development Authority involving other Bartow cities. Bartow County Commissioner Clarence Brown is set to consider the resolution next week. The Cartersville-Bartow County Joint Development Authority already exists.

7:19 p.m. In another purchase, the council approved an agreement with an Adairsville company for the repair of a backhoe for about $11,000.

7:21 p.m. City staffers are presenting to leaders some of the results of the latest citizen survey. The results can be found here.

7:38 p.m. That’s a wrap on the meeting. See the agenda packet attached to this article for additional details on the council’s actions.