The Sandy Springs City Council approved a $1.1 million purchase of a new pumper truck for the fire department.
The city is getting $236,590 in discounts and a trade-in for a Pierce Custom Enforcer Pumper truck through Ten-8 Fire and Safety Equipment of Georgia. Supply chain limitations put the delivery date at 48 months.
The department has seven pumpers deployed in the city, Fire Chief Keith Sanders said during the Aug. 6 council meeting. The new pumper will send one of these frontline pumpers to reserve status and an existing pumper will be traded to Ten-8.
The purchase was part of the city’s apparatus replacement program adopted in 2018. Two additional engines will be delivered in June 2025 as part of the program.
Stream impacts require environmental credits
Permanent impacts to a perennial stream channel in the Boylston Drive at Hammond Drive realignment project led the Sandy Springs City Council to purchase $236,925 in environmental mitigation credits.
The project will impact 235 linear feet of the stream channel associated with a culvert extension. That work is necessary for the realignment, according to Public Works Director Marty Martin. The Clean Water Act requires the purchase of credits when more than 100 linear feet of stream is impacted.
The city needed to purchase 1,215 stream mitigation credits at a cost per credit of $195.
City funds detention pond improvements
Sandy Springs will spend $298,367 on a stormwater drainage improvement project at 6775/6785 Lisa Lane Road.
An engineering firm developed plans to remove sediment and correct deficiencies in the stormwater feature in 2022.
Blue Level Services was awarded the contract to correct the diminished capacity inside the detention pond and rehabilitate the existing infrastructure to bring the drainage system up to city standards.
Video display wall OK’d for traffic management
The council approved a $297,967 purchase of a video display wall for its Traffic Management Center at City Springs from Utilicom Supply Associates.
Public Works Director Marty Martin said that the video wall is a key component in managing, monitoring, and operating the city’s Advanced Traffic Management System.
This system includes 132 traffic signals, 43 miles of aerial and underground communications fiber, 130 CCTV cameras, 72 Bluetooth travel time devices, 160 Glance devices, 27 vehicle approach warning flashers, 50 radar speed feedback signs, and other devices. It also is used for incident response and special-events traffic management.
City approves Kroger opioid settlement
The council approved participation in a settlement with Kroger Co. to resolve allegations that it contributed to the opioid crisis,
City Attorney Dan Lee said that the settlement requires Kroger to pay more than $1.2 billion for use by participating states and subdivisions to remediate the impacts of the opioid crisis. It will be paid over an 11-year term. The state is expected to share 50 percent of its share of the settlement with local communities.
The amount of the city’s share will be determined after all participating states and subdivisions have been determined.
