Police Chief Cheatham and RTCC manager Macy Williams described Acworth's Real Time Crime Center, including drone operations, thermal imaging and FAA safety rules; Williams credited the unit with supporting arrests and searches since opening in April.

Council discussed a draft agreement to work with Cobb Travel & Tourism as the city’s destination marketing organization, reallocating a share of hotel-motel collections to retain more local growth; the resolution to request state authorization was moved to the consent agenda.

City manager reported that a vehicle struck a power pole early Sunday, cutting power to more than 2,000 customers; crews isolated the outage and restored service for nearly all customers within hours and praised interdepartmental incident-command response.

City staff told an administrative millage-rate hearing the city is not proposing a higher millage rate for homesteaded properties; the advertised 4.45% revenue increase reflects growth and reassessments. A resident urged clearer online notice and brighter downtown signage.