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The 1 matching transcribed entry has a reviewed business or employer connection to an available city decision.
A missing match does not establish whether a connection exists. A reviewed match does not establish influence or wrongdoing.
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| Contribution | Recipient campaign | Disclosed connection | City record | Recorded position | Gift timing | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Knop$500 · CashFeb 21, 2023 | Derek NortonMayor | Oakbridge InsuranceRecommending brokerPersonal contribution · disclosed employerEmployer: Oakbridge Insurance | 2026 employee benefit plansOct 6, 2025 · ATH2025-156Decision | Mayor · no named vote in this recordCity position · p9 ↗ | 958 days before the action | State filing · p16 ↗City passage · p9 ↗Why these records connectBoth records identify John Knop with Oakbridge Insurance; the action calls him its insurance broker. The connection is to the recommending broker, not to all approved insurers. 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. d 2026 employee benefits insurance plans, providers, and plan designs as presented and recommended by Insurance Broker, John Knop of Oakbridge Insurance and authorize the Mayor to sign and execute all related documents. Citywide Mike Jones, City Administrator, provided the following background: Approval of the recommended 2026 employee benefits insurance plans, providers and plan designs as recommended by Insurance Broker, John Knop of Oakbridge Insurance. There are no changes to the components of the plans already in place, other than a nominal premium increase. Councilmember Charles Welch made a motion to approve item ATH2025-156; seconded by Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould. The motion to approve carried with the following vote: Aye: 7 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley (virtual), Counc |
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.