Airport picks new contractor to operate shuttles

manager Balram Bheodari said the process will move forward until the protest is sustained. Even if the award of a new contract is delayed, “terminal-to-terminal service will not be disrupted,” he said.

While there is a Plane Train beyond the security checkpoints to whisk ticketed passengers between terminals and concourses, the shuttles take arriving international travelers with their baggage to the domestic terminal, where the MARTA station is, or to the rental car center.

Hartsfield-jackson Chief Commercial Officer Jai Ferrell said the airport is using more vehicles for the shuttle service, and in the next several weeks plans to add screens to display wait times.

ABM-ALL N One Security Services was selected for the contract in competition with six other firms in the most recent round of contracting: A-national Limousine, MTI Limo and Shuttle, RTW Management Inc., Resource Management Systems Inc., SP Plus Corp., and LAZ Parking.

A review of the contracting process by the city’s Office of Inspector General listed observations including that the winning firm’s minority partner was missing a notary stamp on a form and had three lawsuits filed against it in the last five years. The Department of Procurement responded that the missing notary stamp was a technicality, and in response to the lawsuits said it would advise the airport to mitigate risk.

The independent procurement review report also said that a reference letter for the minority partner of the winning firm was written in December 2022 by a consultant who was hired by the airport in March 2023 and later attended a pre-conference meeting for the contract. The Department of Procurement responded that the letter of reference “had no direct bearing” on the contracting decision and that it did not find his attendance at the meeting “presented an opportunity to influence the evaluation process.”

MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2023

THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

A teenager accused in a 2022 shooting near Atlantic Station that left a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old dead took a plea deal Friday.

A’micael Aziz, 17, is one of six suspects tied to the deaths of Zyion Charles and Cameron Jackson, who were fatally shot Nov. 26 on the 17th Street bridge in Midtown, according to officials. Aziz entered a negotiated guilty plea to two counts of causing a person to become a member of a street gang and was sentenced to 10 years with five years to serve in prison, court records show.

Prosecutors argued during Friday’s hearing that surveillance footage proved Aziz did not play a crucial role

Zyion Charles (left) and Cameron Jackson died after being shot on the 17th Street bridge in Midtown, according to police.

in the shooting, according to Channel 2 Action News.

“This defendant did not have a firearm, he did not fire any firearm,” a prosecutor said regarding the night of the shooting.

Investigators previously said a group of teens and children was escorted off the Atlantic Station property for unruly behavior and violation of the area’s curfew that night. They moved to the 17th Street bridge nearby, where shots were fired moments later at about 8 p.m.

Charles, 12, died at the scene. Jackson, 15, who police said was the intended target, died days later in the hospital after he was shot while on a scooter. Four others were injured during the incident.

Three teens were arrested and charged with murder soon after the shooting. All six suspects were indicted in February, a month prior to the final two suspects being arrested.

According to officials, all of the suspects were associated with the Fast Money Killers gang and the shooting was gang-related.

Jackson’s mother, Tiffany Smith, told Channel 2 that she is unsure about the plea deal.

“(For) the mother in me that will never see her child again, it’s not enough,” she said, adding that she wants the suspects to “look me in my face so that I can say and show you the hurt that you’ve caused to a mother.”

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Great win over Florida on Saturday. The next game is even bigger.

That’s way it goes for topranked, undefeated Georgia during this incredible run. After winning a 35th consecutive regular-season game Saturday with a 43-20 victory over Florida, attention swi ched almost immediately to the challenge.

No. 1 Georgia (8-0, 5-0 SEC) will play host to 14th-ranked Missouri (7-1, 3-1) in another nationally televised SEC East showdown on CBS (3:30 p.m.). National pun

are pointing to Tigers — who were past weekend — as a team that could trip up the Bulldogs’ run of success.

Coach Kirby Smart doesn’t necessarily disagree. Smart said he and his staff actually studied Missouri during the off week before they turned their attention to Florida.

“It’s going to be a big one next week. That’s a really good team,” Smart said of Missouri during his postgame press conference at Everbank Stadium on Saturday. “I’ve always said (Missouri is) extremely physical, big, tough. (Coach) Eli (Drinkwitz) does an incredible job on offense. Nobody is playing better on offense right now in the country than they are with their quarterback (Brady Cook).”

Missouri gave the Bulldogs their biggest regular-season scare last season. Georgia needed a 14-point rally in the fourth quarter to score a 26-22 victory in Columbia, Missouri.

Missouri’s quarterback has completed 68.9% of his passes for 2,259 yards 15 touchdowns

Georgia linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. (2) celebrates a defensive stop Saturday with teammate Marvin Jones Jr. (7) against Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.