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| Contribution | Recipient campaign | Disclosed connection | City record | Recorded position | Gift timing | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Ewing$3,300 · CashMay 23, 2023 | Derek NortonMayor | Wade FordSupplier discussedPersonal contribution · disclosed employerEmployer: Wade Ford | Fire support van procurement discussionFeb 12, 2026 · COW2026-008Discussion / recognition | Discussion / recognition · no voteCity position · p1 ↗ | 996 days before the action | State filing · p3 ↗City passage · p4 ↗Why these records connectThe 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 |
About these disclosures
79 filing listings, 78 documents and 781 scanned pages, retrieved September 5, 2026. All eight current officials are represented in the available filings. Filing listings cover 2022–2026; city decisions cover 2025–2026.
Identity caution: The Mike Jones disclosures list different employers: Edison Engineering (CEO) and WK Dickson (Engineer). They are kept separate; neither establishes an identity match to City Administrator Mike L. Jones.
Source issues: Welch’s October 2023 summary lists $2,250 without donor entries. The July 2026 file listed under Hines contains Pickens’s report. Gould’s listed 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 totals and connections are checked
- 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. A missing match does not establish whether a connection exists. A match does not establish influence or 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. Filing links open the published original on Georgia’s official portal; those originals can contain personal details. GovernSmyrna does not serve a copy of those PDFs.