More money, same deadline: $8.3M sought for green-infrastructure work

Atlanta’s Department of Watershed Management is seeking up to $8,302,504 more for green-infrastructure maintenance, landscaping and related construction. The proposed eleventh contract amendment would fund services through June 30, 2027—not extend the agreement’s existing expiration date.⁠[1]

The city’s stated reason for waiving procurement source-selection rules is to keep those services going while it prepares a replacement contract. Watershed reports satisfactory contractor performance and expects a replacement award around July 1, 2027. That timing is the department’s expectation, not a completed award.⁠[1]

The proposed money reaches beyond Watershed. The department-level allocations designate $6,377,504 for Watershed, $1.75 million for Parks and Recreation, $75,000 for Enterprise Asset Management and $100,000 for Public Works. Those subtotals add to the requested $8,302,504 ceiling.⁠[1]

But there is a $600,000 mismatch within the funding table: Watershed’s four office allocations add to $6,977,504, rather than its printed $6,377,504 departmental subtotal. The document does not resolve which figure should change. Its operative language still caps the overall amendment at $8,302,504; the discrepancy is not evidence of extra spending.⁠[1]

Ordinance 26-O-1637 appears among first-reading ordinances in the City Utilities Committee’s November 10 draft minutes. The legislative workflow lists City Council consideration as pending November 16—not final approval. The proposed amendment also says it would not bind the city until executed by the mayor or his designee and delivered to the contractor.⁠[1][2]