A $10.75M airport security renewal clears council. Another deal waits.

Two Hartsfield-Jackson security agreements took different paths at Atlanta City Council on November 2: a $10.75 million perimeter-services renewal won authorization, while a separate $8.95 million access-control proposal remained on hold, according to draft action minutes.⁠[1]

Council adopted Resolution 26-R-4323 by a 10–0 consent vote, authorizing the mayor or a designee to exercise the first renewal of the “Perimeter Gates, Inspections & Exits” agreement with AUS-HSG JV. The one-year renewal runs from February 13, 2027, through February 12, 2028, with a ceiling of $10,750,843.52.⁠[1]

That moves the renewal beyond the committee recommendation we reported before the meeting. The existing term expires February 12, 2027, and the renewal would be paid from the Airport Revenue Fund. Council authorization does not itself make the renewal binding: the resolution requires the mayor or a designee to exercise it and deliver it to AUS-HSG JV. The records reviewed do not establish that those steps have occurred.⁠[1][2]

The separate Dean-All Security, LLC proposal concerns operating and maintaining systems that restrict access to sensitive areas—including runways and baggage-handling areas—through identification badges, electronic credentials and other approved controls. Resolution 26-R-4261 proposes a ceiling of $8,949,256.43 for an initial three-year agreement, with a two-year renewal available at the city’s discretion.⁠[3]

We previously reported the committee’s October 14 hold for additional information and review. On November 2, council returned that proposal as held to the Transportation Committee without objection; the minutes list November 9 at 10 a.m. as the next checkpoint. They do not identify what additional information is being sought or establish a lapse in security-system maintenance.⁠[1]