Hampton is now a little bit bigger than it was last month.

The City Council voted May 10 to give final approval to a pair of annexation requests. One involves 5.57 acres on Old Hwy. 3, and the other involves 74 acres on Richard Petty Boulevard and Selfridge Road next to Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Both applications were submitted under the 100 percent method, which means all of the affected property owners for both parcels were unanimous regarding annexation. No zoning changes were requested, and both sites will remain zoned residential-agricultural as they were in unincorporated Henry County.

In other business, the council approved a budget amendment and transfer of $463,420 for a stormwater project on Caldwell Drive. The money will come from a previous project involving culvert placement on Kyndal Drive that was completed well under budget.

Also approved was a request from the city’s public works department to purchase a stormwater/sewer mainline camera and locator. According to officials, the mobile system will be used to locate sewer and stormwater pipes/culverts. The equipment will help with the inspection of aging sewer lines for damage, trouble areas and root encroachment while determining inflow and infiltration issues. It will also be used to inspect aging stormwater system for damaged, deteriorating culverts and pipes. By allowing the location of serious issues within inches, it will reduce the burden on the taxpayers, officials noted.

The council approved a mutual aid agreement with the county involving the transfer of a public safety communication tower to the city, and the establishment of a Facebook page for the Youth Council whose administrators would be city personnel and whose operation would be in adherence to city media policies.

A resolution was passed allowing the city and Main Street to jointly hold Hampton Day festivities May 29 at McBrayer Park.