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Itemized cash$3,300
Self contributions$0
In-kind value$0
Other reported receipts$0

Transcribed entries matching these filters, counted once per entry. These are not total funds raised. Unitemized gifts, loans and carried-forward balances are separate.

Wade Ford / Supplier discussed

Fire support van procurement discussion ↗

Feb 12, 2026 · COW2026-008 · Discussion / recognition

City record · p4 ↗
CONTRIBUTION → DISCLOSED CONNECTION → PUBLIC RECORD
$3,300Cash · May 23, 2023
Steve Ewing

to Derek Norton’s campaign

Personal gift · employer connection

Disclosed employer: Wade Ford · Manager

Mayor · no named vote recorded

Derek Norton · Mayor

Gift recorded 996 days before the action. Filing · p3 ↗ · Vote record · p1 ↗

Why these records connect

The donor lists Wade Ford as employer. A work-session passage discusses outreach to Wade Ford; it does not award the company a contract.

A documented financial or employment connection does not establish influence, a conflict of interest, or a quid pro quo. Employment is as disclosed in the filing, not verified as current at the action date.

approval. Mayor Norton asked if they reached out locally first, and Deputy Chief Davey stated they did attempt to, but communication has been very poor with Wade Ford. ATH2026-016: Paul Osburn, Interim Public Works Director, stated this is a request based on a need for Georgia Power to acquire two (2) easements to be able to properly access and maintain their new infrastructure along Belmont Circle and Windy Hill Road to service the new bridge lighting. CNV2026-002: Paul Osburn, Interim Public Works Director, explained this is a citizen request whose property has a segment of land behind it, located at 1501 Walker Street SE. The homeowner has requested the City of Smyrna deed ownership of that segment to the individual owner since the City has no use or plans of utilization for the old road segment. CNV2026-003: Paul Osburn, In

City passage · p4 ↗ · Inspect graph JSON ↗

THE RECORD BEHIND THE VIEW

Coverage, evidence and limits

Retrieved September 5, 2026. 79 index entries, 78 distinct PDFs and 781 scanned pages. All eight current officials are represented in the filing inventory.

Specific source issues: Welch’s October 2023 summary lists $2,250 without donor entries. The July 2026 file indexed under Hines contains Pickens’s report. Gould’s indexed September amendment is an April amendment on its cover. Norton’s April 2023 rows and summary differ by $5; Gould’s October in-kind row and summary differ by $75.

How the graph and totals are built
  • Scope: the Smyrna office entries in Georgia’s 2022–2025 archive and 2026 PeachFile index, retrieved September 5, 2026, for the current mayor and seven council members. Older filings and records absent from these indexes are not included.
  • OCR locates schedules; published entries were transcribed and visually checked. Unclear handwriting, missing dates, blank schedules and summary discrepancies remain visible.
  • Itemized cash, self contributions, in-kind amounts and other receipts are distinct. Unitemized totals, interest, loans and carried-forward balances are never attributed to invented donors or added to the itemized totals.
  • Business connections use explicitly disclosed names and corroborating context. Common personal names, joint donors, differing companies and committees are not automatically merged. Affiliation at the time of a gift does not prove affiliation at the time of an action.
  • The action search covers the indexed 2025–2026 meeting item text and excerpts, with selected reviewed matches. It is not an exhaustive review of every contract attachment, beneficial owner, relative, vendor alias or historic transaction. No match is evidence of neither absence nor wrongdoing.
  • A contribution and a related action establish a documentary connection, not influence or causation. Inspect dates, roles, votes and both sources. Mayor authorization is not proof of a personal vote or signed execution.

Residential addresses, phone numbers and signatures are omitted from the interface and curated extracts. Original public PDFs retain their published contents.