§ 2-135. Jurisdiction of standing committees.

Each

of the standing committees may, on a quarterly basis, conduct a review of the department/agencies over which it has jurisdiction. Such review may include, but not be limited to review of management objectives, cost control mechanisms (i.e. financial-related audits, compliance audits, contractor/vendor audits, electronic data processing audits, performance audits and other special audits as needed) employee performance appraisal, and other areas that maybe of concern. The standing committees of the council shall have jurisdiction as follows:

(a)

Committee on public safety and legal administration.

(1)

The public safety, generally.

(2)

Department of police, including matters related to code enforcement.

(3)

Department of fire and rescue.

(4)

Department of corrections, including matters related to code enforcement.

(5)

Office of emergency management services.

(6)

Licenses issued under the police powers of the city (i.e. vending, alcohol.)

(7)

All matters pertaining to findings of discrimination under the human relations ordinances of the city.

(8)

All matters pertaining to the drafting, implementation and supervision of all penal ordinances of the city.

(9)

All matters pertaining to municipal court operations, the number of municipal court judges and their salaries.

(10)

Duties and number of solicitors, and the salaries of the solicitor and assistant solicitors.

(11)

The duties, number and salaries of public defenders and assistant public defenders.

(12)

The number and salaries of court officers pro hac vice.

(13)

The law department.

(14)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(b)

Committee on transportation.

(1)

Matters pertaining to transportation generally;

(2)

Aviation and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

(3)

Department of public works, related to transportation, engineering, operations, planning, streetcar, and capital projects, including traffic engineering and control, bridges, roads, pedestrian facilities, sidewalk waivers, paths, trails and bike facilities.

(4)

Parking facilities.

(5)

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority.

(6)

Atlanta Regional Commission.

(7)

Department of city planning activities related to transportation planning.

(8)

Infrastructure bond issues and other capital funding related to transportation projects.

(9)

Renew Atlanta related to transportation infrastructure.

(10)

Atlanta Streetcar/Beltline transit and trails.

(11)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(c)

Committee on city utilities.

(1)

Solid waste, sanitation and recycling.

(2)

Sewage, solid waste, bulk waste, construction, and inert waste disposal.

(3)

Matters pertaining to cable television, and the mayor's office of communications.

(4)

Department of Watershed Management.

(5)

Department of Public Works, and matters related to solid waste enforcement/services, street cleaning, and fleet management.

(6)

Metropolitan Atlanta River Protection Act (ensuring any public hearing is held by the committee on zoning).

(7)

Office of resilience.

(8)

City franchise agreements including those related to public access television.

(9)

Street lighting, banners, utility and other public right of way matters.

(10)

Street naming, street abandonment, street dispositions.

(11)

Matters related to the Atlanta Fulton Water Resources Commission, Keep Atlanta Beautiful Commission, public access television management, Solid Waste Management Authority, Water & Sewer Appeals Board, and other boards and bodies with subject matter under the purview of this committee.

(12)

Encroachment and easement agreements.

(13)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(d)

Committee on community development and human services.

(1)

Department of city planning, office of housing, design, and the planning functions of the city.

(2)

Comprehensive development plans, and land use plans.

(3)

Matters pertaining to the reformulation and development of neighborhoods and neighborhood structures within the city including but not limited to the community and urban redevelopment programs Invest Atlanta, tax allocation districts and related boards.

(4)

Economic development matters.

(5)

Office of buildings, including zoning and building code enforcement.

(6)

Department of parks and recreation.

(7)

Reserved.

(8)

Office of special events.

(9)

Reserved.

(10)

Office of human services.

(11)

Office of grants management.

(12)

Office of film and entertainment.

(13)

Capital Improvement Program (CIP).

(14)

Development impact fee matters (parks, transportation and public safety).

(15)

Women's Entrepreneurial Initiative.

(16)

Urban farming initiatives

(17)

Consolidated plan.

(18)

Community Development Block Grant funding.

(19)

Atlanta Housing Authority.

(20)

Atlanta Workforce Development Agency.

(21)

Matters pertaining to health, education and welfare.

(22)

All community services activities of the city.

(23)

Consumer affairs.

(24)

Reserved.

(25)

Convention and tourism.

(26)

Matters related to the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Urban Design Commission, Atlanta Planning Advisory Board, the Neighborhood Planning Units, Atlanta/Fulton County Land Bank Authority, Atlanta/Fulton County Recreation Authority, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, the Atlanta Tree Commission, Municipal Market Board of Directors/Auburn Curb Market, Atlanta Workforce Development Agency, Commission on Aging, Commission on Veterans Affairs, Atlanta Youth Commission, Commission on Homelessness, Community Improvement Districts, Fulton and DeKalb County Boards of Health, Atlanta/Fulton County Library Board of Trustees, Fulton/Atlanta Community Action Authority, all park conservancy boards and advisory committees, the Public Arts Advisory Committee, park and greenway acquisition, and other boards and bodies with subject matter under the purview of this committee.

(27)

Atlanta Beltline as it relates to housing and the Tax Allocation District.

(28)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(e)

Committee on finance and executive.

(1)

Matters pertaining to the budget and to transfers of appropriations, including, but not limited to: non-departmental expenditures, trust funds, debt management, and capital budgeting.

(2)

All matters pertaining to the administration of taxing ordinances and to public revenue.

(3)

Tax officials and collectors.

(4)

Department of finance.

(5)

All licenses other than licenses issued under the police power of the city.

(6)

Matters pertaining to the operation and maintenance of cable television, and the Mayor's Office of Communications.

(7)

All matters pertaining generally to legislative oversight of the executive branch of government and specifically those components in the department of administrative services which relate to purchasing functions of the city, including award to the second low bidder, and change orders.

(8)

Department of human resources.

(9)

The operation of the office of the mayor, and departments under its jurisdiction that are not within the purview of another standing committee.

(10)

Department of procurement and office of contract compliance.

(11)

Intergovernmental relations with the board of education, county, state and federal authorities.

(12)

International and diplomatic affairs, including activities of the office of immigrant affairs.

(13)

Executive offices not under the jurisdiction of another standing committee.

(14)

Department of Atlanta information management.

(15)

Innovation delivery and performance.

(16)

Real estate division.

(17)

Facility management division.

(18)

Department of customer service/311 call center.

(19)

Department of enterprise assets management, including capital projects funded by infrastructure bonds and other sources.

(20)

Office of cultural affairs.

(21)

Office of constituent services.

(22)

Awarding of sole source and special procurement contracts

(23)

Matters related to the Audit Commission, pension boards, the Atlanta City Employees Credit Union, the Living Wage Independent Review Commission, bodies formed related to audits, Atlanta Sister Cities Commission, Citizens Service Planning Review Commission, Civil Service Board, contract compliance hearing officers, procurement appeals hearing officers, and other boards and bodies with subject matter under the purview of this committee.

(24)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(f)

Committee on zoning.

(1)

The land subdivision ordinance of the city (part 15 of this Code).

(2)

The zoning ordinance of the city (part 16 of this Code).

(3)

Board of Zoning Adjustment.

(4)

Zoning Review Board.

(5)

Land plat amendments.

(6)

Metropolitan Atlanta River Protection Act (also under the purview of the committee on city utilities but all public hearings will be conducted by the committee on zoning.)

(7)

Cultural affairs, as it relates only to public art & murals.

(8)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(g)

Committee on the council.

(1)

All operations of the council, its officers and employees.

(2)

All appointments of the executive branch which by law must be approved or confirmed by the council.

(3)

All questions pertaining to conflicts of interest and standards of conduct.

(4)

The revision, codification and clarification of all ordinances and examination of all proposed ordinances and resolutions as to their clarity.

(5)

Formulation of the agenda of the council.

(6)

All matters pertaining to elections, initiatives and referenda.

(7)

The rules of the council and any modifications thereof.

(8)

The conduct, decorum and good repute of the council and the members thereof.

(9)

Expenditures of funds appropriated for members of council, office of research and policy, council communications, and the office of the municipal clerk.

(10)

Review of nominations for staff positions of director of council staff and municipal clerk. Recruitment and hiring of council director position. Annual performance evaluations of the municipal clerk and the council director.

(11)

Matters pertaining to cable television in the office of communication, specifically related to the programming of City Channel 26.

(12)

Matters related to the board of ethics, elected officials compensation commission, Atlanta Committee on Women, and other boards and bodies with subject matter under the purview of this committee.

(13)

Conduct an annual review of boards and commissions and make a recommendation thereon to the appropriate standing committee of purview.

(14)

All budgeted contracts pertaining to the agencies under the jurisdiction of this committee.

(Code 1977, § 1-1024; Ord. No. 1996-11, § 1, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 1996-12, § 1, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 1996-74, § 6; Ord. No. 1998-1, § 2, 2-10-98; Ord. No. 2006-34, §§ 1—5, 5-24-06; Ord. No. 2010-01(10-O-0131), § 1, 1-27-10; Ord. No. 2016-49(16-O-1650) , §§ 5—12, 12-14-16; Ord. No. 2017-14(17-O-1157) , §§ 2, 3, 4-26-17; Ord. No. 2017-21(17-O-1174), §§ 1—5, 5-1-17 ; Ord. No. 2017-45(17-O-1424), § 3, 7-26-17 ; Ord. No. 2018-36(18-O-1479), § 9, 8-29-18 )