SMYRNA, GEORGIA / THE PUBLIC RECORD

Charles “Corkey” Welch · Disclosures

Read reported contributions, the related city records and each recipient’s recorded position.

What the records show

No reviewed business or employer connection was found for 12 of 12 transcribed entries among the city decisions available here.

A missing match does not establish whether a connection exists. A reviewed match does not establish influence or wrongdoing.

Whose campaign?

All officials

MayorDerek Norton100 itemized entries Ward 1Glenn PickensFilings not yet transcribed Ward 2Latonia P. Hines21 itemized entries Ward 3Travis Lindley46 itemized entries Ward 4Charles “Corkey” Welch12 itemized entries Ward 5Susan WilkinsonFilings not yet transcribed Ward 6 · Mayor Pro TemTim Gould34 itemized entries Ward 7Rickey N. Oglesby Jr.2 itemized entries

Totals are transcribed itemized entries in the retrieved files, not lifetime fundraising totals.

Itemized cash$1,467

Self contributions$2,600

In-kind value$0

Other reported receipts$12

Matching transcribed entries, counted once per entry. These are not total funds raised. Unitemized gifts, loans and carried-forward balances remain separate.

Welch / 2024 index

Threshold affidavit

Corkey Welch - 2024 - Affidavit of a Candidate's Intent Not to Exceed $2500 In Contributions and / or Expenditures - Councilmember Ward 4 - November 7

Received Jan 8, 2024 · 1 PDF page · Georgia archive

No transcribed entries are available here. This does not establish zero contributions; the source may contain an empty schedule, a threshold affidavit or details not yet transcribed.

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Welch / October 2023 index

Filings not yet transcribed

Charles Welch - 2023 October 25 - Election Year Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report - Councilmember Ward 4 - November 5, 2019

Received Oct 25, 2023 · 10 PDF pages · Georgia archive

Summary reports $2,250 in itemized cash; the available donor pages are blank. These dollars remain unattributed.

The summary reports $2,250 of itemized cash, but the available itemized contribution pages are empty. Donors cannot be identified from this copy.

No transcribed entries are available here. This does not establish zero contributions; the source may contain an empty schedule, a threshold affidavit or details not yet transcribed.

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Reported amounts and entries shown here

Itemized cash reported: $2,250
Itemized cash transcribed: $0
Unitemized cash reported: $0
In-kind amount reported: $0
In-kind amount transcribed: $0
Loans reported (separate): Blank / not transcribed

Summary amounts are not added to itemized entries. Original figures and discrepancies are retained.

Welch / September 2023 index

12 itemized entries

Corkey Welch - 2023 September 30 - Election Year Campaign Contribution Disclosure Report - Councilmember Ward 4 - November 5, 2019

Received Oct 3, 2023 · 12 PDF pages · Georgia archive

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Reported amounts and entries shown here

Itemized cash reported: $4,079
Itemized cash transcribed: $4,079
Unitemized cash reported: $0
In-kind amount reported: $0
In-kind amount transcribed: $0
Loans reported (separate): Blank / not transcribed

Summary amounts are not added to itemized entries. Original figures and discrepancies are retained.

Welch / Period not identified in index index

Threshold affidavit

Charles Welch - Election Year Affidavit not to Exceed $2500 - Ward 5 Councilmember - November 5, 2019

Received Jan 13, 2023 · 1 PDF page · Georgia archive

No transcribed entries are available here. This does not establish zero contributions; the source may contain an empty schedule, a threshold affidavit or details not yet transcribed.

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COVERAGE AND VERIFICATION

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.

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