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That's what I was going to ask. Okay. Well, um, fund financial support. Uh, we're going to be giving away Easter baskets. We're going to do a Easter egg hunt. We're going to be giving away clothes, shoes, food, free food. We'll have a few uh vendor trucks out there as well. Um, so from a city and I'll and I'll let Jeffrey chime in here, but from a city perspective, financial support from a public institution using taxpayer funds for a specific organization is not something that we can do, but I would imagine Miss Hines and others would be happy to help promote and maybe help you uh connect with potential sponsors uh in the business community that may um appreciate what you're doing and want to be involved and have their name associated with some of the good things that you're doing. First of all, let me just tell you, we really appreciate you coming to us and really appreciate what you're doing. Uh that, you know, I wish more people would step up and try to affect good change in their community, but um is that generally correct, Jeffrey? Absolutely. Financial. And so, um, Christie, who is our executive assistant, um, said that you guys had an opportunity to stop by and, um, the event does sound great and definitely connecting you with Lisa Castleberry, who is a very known, um, community leader there and does a festival, um, in the fall and in the spring in Rose Garden, which will be a good thing to be able to help get the information out there. And I think if we're able to share the information, at least I can do it on my own personal social media. Um, we can do that about the event as well. And I have one of the cards. Oh, yes, sir. I want I want one, too.
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Then I can take Are you able to give us a a a few of those? Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Yes. I'll pass them. How many? One, two, three, four. All right. There you go. And we appreciate you coming tonight to talk about what you're doing. And there are a lot of great organizations like you there was like Cobb Collaborative and and places like that who may not be able to give you um money per se, but they can also kind of be there as a resource and help give out some items as well. So um if you stay a little bit after, I can give you some contact information. Okay. Thank you so much. Yeah, I wanted to say the same thing. If you could stick around to after the meeting that'd be great. Yeah, we appreciate you. Uh Mr. Norton. I'm Mir Norton. I inboxed you. You did what? I inboxed your Facebook and then I inbox your Facebook, too, Miss Hunts. I I was stalking. Yes, I was. I was trying to get this word across cuz she's on my back. Give you my number. Okay. No, I appreciate it. Oh, we're glad we're glad to help. Thank y'all very much. Thanks for being here. All right. That is the only folks that signed up to speak. Uh we'll go on now to ward and staff reports and start tonight with Mr. Glenn Pickkins. Uh thank you, mayor. No report this evening, Mr. Hind. Um so we have an upcoming event and I want to make sure I keep recognizing it. Um it's uh the legal pop-up clinic that is uh done by Cobb Magistrate Court, Cobb Legal Aid, and the state court clerk's office. Um and uh Council Member Lindley and myself helped sponsor that. It's going to be at Smyrna First United Methodist. It's on the 3rd. It's completely free.
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It is a civil uh pop-up legal clinic and we'll make sure that information is getting out there. It was a really great response last year and it's a great resource that we're able to bring here to the city. So, I'm excited about that. It's going to be on May 3rd. Going to be a busy day. May 3rd, Jonal Jog. We have also the um garden tour as well. So, that's wonderful thing about the Jonal city. We always have something going on. Thank you for the reminder to mention the Jon jog. My wife will be happy that you did that. May 3rd. Hope we got I don't know 400 registrance already. It's going to be great. Mr. Lindley. Uh so just the uh reminder that the downtown redevelopment uh public engagement uh is underway. If uh you'd like more information, you can uh visit the city website. it will take you to a dedicated website, but there'll be events uh throughout the summer concluding uh towards the end of the year. Uh I think to date there's already been three or four. Uh so that's underway and hope everybody will engage. We want to hear from folks uh to to comment on uh Miss Hines and thanks to to her for helping organize the the popup clinic last year. uh we had over I think it was their biggest one in the county demonstrating uh a huge need and a huge thanks to Smyrna First Methodist for for hosting. And then uh lastly the the gentleman uh he sort of beat me to the punch. um been uh dealing with a u trying to get word out uh in Ward One on a a zoning matter and it uh it drove home a good point which is uh we tried to be very accessible and open with phone numbers, email, town hall meetings, public events.
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Uh all of us are are great about being responsive. Uh but we do not conduct business on social media. So, uh, Facebook comments asking what's going on on X really needs to come, uh, through the the proper government channels. So, just wanted to put that out there. I know there's a lot of questions on stuff, uh, at every level of government, which is always fun to see on social media, but uh, if you're if you're looking at the local level, please uh, reach out to one of us. We'd love to talk to you and make sure you have facts and all of the information that we have, which is all public information. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Lindon. Mr. Welch, thank you. Uh just a reminder, I believe this Saturday is keep Smyrna Beautiful. Uh if you're interested, drop by the recycle center and sign up to pick up trash or call me. I'll get you pick up with my mile, Miss Wilkinson. Um, I I also want to encourage people to uh get your tickets for the garden tour. That's always a lot of fun to see uh different people's gardens in the spring. And also uh they're going to have uh the junk garden club will have plants for sale at the um the festival in the downtown. So, I encourage you if you want to get some plants, that's always a good uh resource uh reasonable pri reasonably priced. And um with that, I yield. Mr. Gold. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. A couple things. Busy time in spring. Um coming up on Monday, uh April 21st is the 27th annual Susan T. Pearson Golf Tournament in support of the Campbell High School Education Foundation. If you want more information on how to be a T-box sponsor or we have one forum available, let me know.
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Um, city was is going to be recognized in May 17th by the Cobb um foundation around efforts to recognize Fanny Williams and uh the memorial out there by the next to the uh to the history museum. So, we're very honored to have that recognition. And then finally, uh, Live Safe Resources is a really good nonprofit here in Cobb County that supports, uh, victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence. And they recently had a, uh, a gala, their annual gy recognized 15 amazing women throughout the county. My wife, Judy Fitzgerald, was one of them. And she had the honor of being selected the women of the year for those safe resources. So, I want to put a plug out to Judy. I am uh, it's a I am definitely a sec second citizen in our home. Judy Judy is a one wonderful person and does does great work in her uh in her roles and leading in nonprofit organizations. So, congratulations. We all agree with you and and congratulations to Judy. Mr. Oglesby. Hey, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh first off, as mentioned earlier, the uh crosswalks, we've cleaned it up and we're going to get them redone the right way this time. We have a professional company that'll be selling it so it stays for a very long time. I know there's been a lot of a lot of buzz about it and seeing it kind of uh disappear. Well, we've learned from that and we're going to make it much better. So, the artists have agreed to come back, weather permitting, will start tomorrow, weather permitting. So, uh be on the lookout for that. In keeping with the artery, uh our first installation of the artery on South Atlanta Road will start Mother's Day weekend. We have 14 amazing artists that will be decorating our fire hydrants up all up and down South Atlanta Road. So, we're excited about that. That'll be on the on May 10th. So, look out for that. With that, I yield back. Thank you, Mr. Kristen. Anything Jeffrey? No report, Mr. Mayor. Heather. All right. If there is no other business be brought before this body, we will say good evening from the Jonqual City and adjourn at 7:47. What's your I'm really festival.
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Meeting minutes · summary
Pre-Council Meeting
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1. Roll Call Present: 8 – Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember Latonia P. Hines, Councilmember Travis Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. Also Present: 1 – Jeffrey Tucker Staff: 3 – Jill Head, Russell Martin, Kristin Robinson
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2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the April 7, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the Admin Conference Room at 6:29 PM.
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5. Review of Current M&C Agenda PRE2025-012 Review of the April 7, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda V25-017: Concerning ice vending machines, Councilmember Welch asked if another one of these had been approved elsewhere in the city. Russell Martin, Community Development Director, stated there are no others. Councilmember Welch said his only real concern about these ice vending machines is that they could pop up all over the city. Councilmember Wilkinson said her concern is access and parking because of this being a high-traffic area. Mr. Martin stated the restaurant owns the property and is leasing the piece of property to the company who places the machines there. Mayor Norton reminded all that the only thing this council is voting on is the side setback, not the use. Pre-Council Meeting – Final MAYOR AND COUNCIL Derek Norton, Mayor Tim Gould, Mayor Pro Tem (Ward 6) Glenn Pickens (Ward 1) Latonia P. Hines (Ward 2) Travis Lindley (Ward 3) Charles “Corkey” Welch (Ward 4) Susan Wilkinson (Ward 5) Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. (Ward 7) A Max Bacon City Hall Administration Conference Room 2800 King Street Smyrna, GA 30080 City Attorney Scott Cochran City Administrator Joseph Bennett City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Administration Conference Room ATH2025-060: Kristin Robinson, Deputy City Administrator, explained that the third lowest bidder was chosen because of issues with the other two bidders. Mayor Norton asked her to explain that during the regular Mayor and Council meeting. ATH2025-060: Mayor Norton explained that Kelly Maxwell of Coastal State Bank has approached the Mayor and Councilmember Lindley about moving a small account that was held at her previous bank to Coastal State Bank. Councilmember Welch expressed concern that this did not go through the traditional selection process. Councilmember Lindley stated that funds should be spread around, especially because of an established relationship with someone who does much for the community. Mayor Norton stated that these funds and the use of these funds along with conversations with the City Attorney do not fall under the requirements for a selection process.
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Pre-Council Meeting
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6. Other Business / Staff Comment Councilmember Glenn Pickens: Town Hall with Montclair tomorrow through Zoom. Councilmember Susan Wilkinson: Received phone calls about roll-away trash cans. This will be addressed at a future meeting. Councilmember Latonia P. Hines: Pop-up legal clinic on May 3. Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr.: Mother’s Days weekend 14 artists will paint 14 hydrants throughout the city ARTery. Councilmember Charles Welch: KSB clean up this weekend. Mayor Pro Tem Tim Gould: City will be recognized by the Cobb Landmark Preservation for the city’s efforts in recognizing Fanny Williams. 7. Executive Session (As Needed)
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8. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the April 7, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting at 6:54 PM. Facilities are provided throughout City Hall for the convenience of persons with disabilities. ******************************* THIS MEETING WAS PROPERLY NOTICED AND POSTED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOTICING STANDARDS AS OUTLINED IN O.C.G.A. 50-14-3: The City of Smyrna website – www.smyrnaga.gov City Hall, 2800 King Street SE, Notice Boards
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