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Committee of the Whole Work Session
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6. Other Business / Staff Comment Paul Osburn, Interim Public Works Director, stated that all bollards should be delivered by April. They will be installed some time in late April or early May. He also updated Mayor and Council on the sanitation and yard waste issue. The issue tends to be of the interpretation of yard waste pick up on holiday weeks. Because holiday weeks there is no yard waste pickup, people assume more bags will be picked up the following week. The ordinance will not change, but going forward, they will pick up more bags the week after holiday weeks to alleviate the issues. Mike L. Jones, City Administrator, stated that the NWS updated the city on the winter storm watch for the weekend. Richard Garland, Community Services Administrator, provided information on the Financial Sustainability Study for 2024. The impact of changes that were implemented in July of 2025 will not be seen until 2026. This is the model being used to set the fee schedule. The challenge was that rates had not changed for 14 or 15 years. There has to be a delineation between basic service and special interest service. What it clarifies is what is free or low-cost to everyone vs special or individualized programs. Councilmember Lindley asked about any updates on Tolleson Pool. Mr. Garland stated that the milling of the tennis court parking lot will begin tomorrow. A transformer will be moved to provide power to a different area. The existing bathroom building will be torn down and a temporary bathroom structure will be brought in. Door hangers were sent out to neighboring areas to update residents on the pool. Heather Peacon-Corn, City Clerk, updated Mayor and Council on the new filing rules for 2026. They will file four times in 2026. There is a five-day grace period after each due date. They will file with the City Clerks this year, but beginning in 2027, they are responsible for filing online themselves. If someone has an affidavit on file, like Councilmember Wilkinson and Councilmember Welch, nothing needs to be submitted at any of the quarterly intervals as long as they still have not collected more than $2,500.00 in contributions. Everybody sitting on council have filed their CCDR’s. 7. Executive Session (As Needed)
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A. COW2026-006 Executive Session to discuss Legal Citywide Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion Enter into Executive Session to discuss Legal; seconded by Councilmember Latonia P. Hines. The motion Enter into Executive Session carried with the following vote: Aye: 6 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Wilkinson, Councilmember / Mayor Pro Tem Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Absent: 1 – Councilmember Welch Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion Return to Regular Session; seconded by Councilmember Latonia P. Hines. The motion Return to Regular Session carried with the following vote: Aye: 6 – Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, Councilmember Wilkinson, Councilmember / Mayor Pro Tem Gould, Councilmember Oglesby Nay: 0 – None Absent: 1 – Councilmember Welch
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Committee of the Whole Work Session
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8. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the January 29, 2026 Committee of the Whole meeting at 7:22 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 Travis Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr (6:39 PM, phone). Also Present: 1 – Jeffrey Tucker Staff: 3 – Jill Head, Russell Martin, Paul Osburn
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2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the January 12, 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 PRE2026-001 Review of the January 12, 2026 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda Mayor Derek Norton reviewed the January 12, 2026 Mayor and Council Meeting agenda. There was no discussion.
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Pre-Council Meeting
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4. Other Business / Staff Comment Councilmember Pickens – Last Sunday was the joint Wards 1,3, & 6 Town Hall. It was well- attended. The next two meetings have been canceled. Mayor Pro Tem / Council member Gould – Traffic Calming Committee met earlier today. They adopted a new mission statement. He and Councilmember Lindley met with the pastor from First Presbyterian earlier today as well. Councilmember Lindley – Asked about Tolleson Pool construction which started today. He mentioned the reinstatement of the motorcycle patrol and acknowledged staff has some issues with it, and then asked if not that, then what? This will be revisited at a later date. He also discussed the issue with those released from the jail and some being unhoused wandering 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)
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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 January 12, 2026 / 6:30 PM January 12, 2026 6:30 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers Smyrna streets. Brief discussion took place among Mayor and Council, and this will be brought up with Mike Jones and Chief Zgonc. Councilmember Hines – Announced the Black History Month celebration will be on February 27. And she noted that the Cobb NAACP will have a Martin Luther King, Jr. program on Monday. She is hosting her Ward 2 meeting next week in Council Chambers. And she mentioned LiveSafe Resources and their Women of Achievement Award. They have listed Laura Norton and Kathy Young as nominees this year. She also requested that there be a Homeless Task Force with partnership with other jurisdictions. Councilmember Wilkinson – She discussed the issue of unhoused individuals who sleep on mattresses in the woods. Those mattresses end up being picked up during heavy storms and washed down to stormwater drains causing blockages. Councilmember Welch – He mentioned a meeting that he and Mayor Norton have on Thursday night. Councilmember Oglesby (phone) – He has a Ward 7 meeting tomorrow. He mentioned the Riverview Road area which is part of at least three different jurisdictions. The Smyrna portion is well-maintained, but the other areas look like dumping grounds. He also stated that his new restaurant is going great. 5. Executive Session (As Needed)
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6. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the January 12, 2026 Pre-Council Meeting at 6:53 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
test. Test Oh, there it is. Council member Oglesby, if you can hear us, please go ahead and let us know we can hear you. All right, good evening everybody. We'll call this meeting to order. Um, appreciate you all being here. Uh, we have tonight with us Pastor Derek Porter with Smyrna First United Methodist Church, 1315 Concord Road. My pastor, come on up and lead us in the invocation and pledge. Everybody, please rise. Let us pray. Almighty God, we ask for your presence here tonight to be with these leaders, to be with these community public servants, guide their direction, guide their steps, not just tonight but throughout the year. And gracious God, as a member of this community, I want to thank you for their service. Thank you for their detail. Thank you for their kindness, their graciousness and leadership. And thank you for their willingness to step into vision to serve this community to the best of their abilities. Gracious God, we ask for protection of all of our public servants tonight, of our safety, our safety leaders, police officers, firemen, fire women, our EMTs. Gracious God, be with them and help them continue to provide the safety that we enjoy here. Gracious God, we pray for all who are coming into our community that they will know that they are welcome and that they will be a part of this community and the blessing that it provides. In Christ's name we pray. Amen. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, liberty and justice for all. Thank you, pastor, for being with us. Uh, Heather, on our monitors, it says the meeting will begin shortly. I don't know if that's been started or if that can get the feed working for those who are not here. There we go.
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Thank you. Um, we have one agenda change tonight. Um, it's approval to add an item to formal business related to the appointment of an interim public works director. That'll be added as item G. May I have a motion to add that to the agenda? So, moved by Mr. Lindley, second by Miss Hines. All in favor, please vote. Miss Wilkinson. See, Paul, there's already issues with your vote. Nothing like a little suspense. Bear with us just a moment. We're having a technical issue. Okay. Uh, so we have Councilman Og's votes in the affirmative, right? We have six votes here, I know. And then we just need confirmation of Ricky's vote. Councilman Oglesby couldn't be here in person tonight, so he's joined us virtually. And I should also mention uh our city administrator Mike Jones had a family emergency and could not be here this this evening either. All right. Then then that has been added to the agenda by a vote of 70. Um I don't have much on the mayoral report tonight. Uh this is the first time we've met since December. Hope everybody had a good uh Christmas and holiday season. Um I do want to mention one thing. Um we had uh had a difficult day yesterday. Uh went to the funeral of our u of our public works director, Eric Randall. Many of you know knew Eric. Uh Eric had a long tenure with the city. Uh he was our city engineer for years and then he left and then we lured him back. Um and he ended up becoming our public works director. Uh Eric was a good man and and by you could just see by the crowd yesterday and all the testimony given from from some of the folks there what a lasting impact he had and what a what just what a tremendous human being he was.
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