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8. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the May 14, 2026 Committee of the Whole Meeting at 7:27 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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P. Hines, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. Also Present: 1 – Scott Cochran Absent: 2 – Councilmember Travis Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch Staff: 2 – Jill Head, Mike Jones
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2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the May 4, 2026 Pre-Council Meeting held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the Admin Conference Room at 6:30 PM.
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3. Review of Current M&C Agenda PRE2026-014 Review of the May 4, 2026 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda Mayor Derek Norton reviewed the May 4, 2026 Mayor and Council Meeting agenda with the council members. Concerning item ATH2026-058, Mayor Pro Tem Gould asked for clarification on the additional amount to be added for resurfacing roads. City Administrator Mike Jones explained that additional funds came through LMIG allowing the city to add six additional streets (four additional miles) to the existing project under RFQ 26-014. The additional amount will be approximately $966K for a total project amount of $5,061,274.45 Mayor and Council discussed the announcements they will make during the Mayoral Report and the Ward and Staff Reports sections. Mayor Norton also noted how many events have occurred since the last Council meeting. Councilmember Oglesby spoke about the upcoming Juneteenth celebration happening on June 19. Mayor Norton asked that he send out an email to Mayor and Council with a schedule of events. Councilmember Oglesby also stated that he spoke to the Mayor of 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 ADMIN CONFERENCE ROOM 2800 King Street Smyrna, Ga. 30080 City Attorney Scott Cochran City Administrator Mike L. Jones Deputy City Administrator / CFO Kristin Robinson City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn May 04, 2026 / 6:30 PM May 04, 2026 6:30 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Mableton about the “City of Mableton” signs being placed in Smyrna rights-of-way. He asked Mableton’s Mayor not to place signs in areas that are confusing for residents and where the surrounding areas are not 100% Mableton. Councilmember Wilkinson mentioned that a resident who homeschools her children was looking for resources and wanted to ask that homeschooled children be included in the Mayor’s Education Awards. Councilmember Hines said that she has been in communication with Congresswoman Lucy McBath’s office, and they mentioned they are still available to help with S. Cobb Drive.
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6. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the May 4, 2026 Pre-Council Meeting at 6:52 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
Thank you, sir. Sure, sir. We uh this is about my third or fourth time to do this and you you have you have been traveling a lot. I think the pro Tim has been taking your place, but it it it's usually a crowd like this. Okay. Just just my last one wasn't I guess it was good to check I'd go back to Panama City. Hallelujah. [laughter] All right, we'll go ahead and get started uh for the May 4th meeting of the mayor and council. We have with us tonight um Pastor Richard Walker with Hurt Road Baptist Church, 17 Hurt Road. If you'll come up and lead us in the invocation and pledge, and we're glad to have you. Everybody, please rise. Thank you, sir. Well, let's pray. Heavenly Father, we are so grateful for your blessing and I'm thankful for this city council and the mayor. And Lord, I'm thankful that they give of their time and give of their wisdom that I think you've given them to help lead our city. So, Lord, just give them that wisdom and blessing tonight. Help all the decisions that are made be done uh rightly and in order. And and Lord, just just may your hand of blessing be upon this place. Lord, we know that your holy word has said, "Righteousness exalts a nation." And I also think it does a state and a city. And that's what we're praying for as we just turn to you for all the help that we need and to follow you and the dictates of your holy word. So Lord, bless us tonight in Jesus's name. Amen. If we'll pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, sir. Pastor, thank you for being with us tonight.
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Mayor and Council Meeting
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Appreciate you. We don't have any agenda changes tonight. Uh, next item is the mayoral report. and we were talking upstairs about all the the things that have happened since the last time we met and I could probably give about an hour long mayoral report tonight. Uh I don't want to keep all the the huge crowd that we have tonight um away from their families. So I'll just go over some of this stuff. Um we had the Jon festival which was one of the most successful ones we've ever had uh despite a little bit of rain this weekend. I think everybody had a great time. On Saturday morning, we had the uh Jon jog, which raises money for uh support Smyrna and the Campbell High School Education Foundation. We had over 750 runners, which was our biggest in several years. Um so appreciate everybody that came out for that. And I want to mention uh Nick Connor, a special runner this year, 91 years old uh from uh from here in Smyrna. And uh if you might you you might already have guessed he won his age division. Uh we had uh mayor's education awards a week ago Thursday uh where we honored our best and brightest uh students here in Smyrna at the community center with a dinner for them and their families rolled out the red carpet and really celebrated uh those students who have overachieved and we're glad to do that. We had a dedication um week ago Sunday for Dr. David Martin, the linear park over by uh Zoya um off Concord Road. We It was a nice tribute to Dr. David Martin. Had a great crowd. Um and it is now the David Martin uh park. So glad glad to do that and that was a brainchild of Travis Lindley. Uh so I thank him for that. Uh the handmade market started this weekend.
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Um we had last Friday opened up the splash pad at Riverline Park. Uh that's been a long time in the making. Uh Lewis Wheaten, former councilman, uh got that started. Ricky Oglesby shephered that through. Appreciate your efforts there. And that is now up and running and going to be used uh by I wish it was a little bit warmer out when we did it. It was a little chilly, but all those kids didn't care. They just ran right out into the water like it was nothing. Um that's over at Riverline Park. Um, the Garden Club of Smyrna had their garden tour, annual garden tour uh since we last met. And also a note, the garden club is going to be beautifying the area of the Veterans Memorial out here under the Blue Star Plaque. So, if you see them out there working, thank them for what they're doing. They're going to make that look uh do with some landscape and make that look awfully nice. We had a rebuilding together Atlanta day of service where we uh met with first responders. Some of the council members were there and some staff to uh clean up um the grounds of this woman's home who's here in Smyrna. Glenn Pickkins put that together uh with Rebuilding Together Atlanta. This was the 40th site that we've worked with them on. These are um folks who can't keep up with their properties themselves, have you know medical issues or or other circumstances. It makes it difficult. So, it's another uh instance of our uh community helping those in need. So, uh thank you Glenn for putting that together. That was a good that was a good thing and the the the transformative nature of it. I mean, if you'd seen that property when we got there and then when everybody left, it really was remarkable what was uh done in one morning for that uh for that Smyrna residence for Smyrna resident.
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And then the only other thing I have is uh food truck Tuesdays start tomorrow. So, we're looking forward to seeing everybody out at Bronner. That concludes my mayoral report. I hope I got through all those things uh quickly enough. I I just want to say that just is a example of how many great things we have going on in the city. That was from the last council. That was from two weeks ago. That's everything that's happened. Uh and I'm sure there's more that we're not mentioning. So, uh pretty awesome stuff. We have uh one proclamation this evening. I'm glad to have our guest with us here tonight. Uh we have a proclamation in recognition of Mental
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Health Awareness Month 2026. U this is um was this was to be jointly presented by Councilman Lindley and Councilwoman Hines. U I should note that Councilman Welch, Councilman Lindley are are traveling this evening, not with us. So I will turn it over to Councilwoman Hines. Thank you so much, Mayor. Um yes, uh Council Member um Lindley and I were sponsoring this and we're thankful to you for agreeing to do this. Um uh as a person who's been in uh the uh government sector and public safety sector for 20some years um I've just seen the fact that we need to have more mental health awareness and um that's one of the reasons why I wanted to help sponsor this. So we have a proclamation. May is uh the month for purposes of mental health awareness and green is also the color for it. So thank you for the green. A proclamation by the mayor of the city of Smyrna in recognition of mental health awareness month 2026. Whereas May was first recognized in 1949 is mental health awareness month to educate, raise awareness, and recognize the importance of mental health and behavioral health. And whereas mental and behavioral health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being, it affects how we think, feel, and act. It also affects how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices. And whereas, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one in five Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year, impacting individuals, families, and communities in profound ways. And whereas every person shares the responsibility to promote mental wellness, support prevention efforts, and foster a culture of care and understanding. And whereas the need for comprehensive coordinated mental and behavioral health service is critical to the strength and future of our community.
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