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1. Roll Call Present: 7 – Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember Travis Lindley, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. Also Present: 1 – Scott Cochran Absent: 2 – Councilmember Latonia P. Hines, Councilmember Charles Welch Staff: 4 – Jennifer Bennett, Jill Head, Mike Jones, Joey Staubes

2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the December 15, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the Admin Conference Room at 6:32 PM.

3. Review of Current M&C Agenda PRE2025-042 Review of the December 15, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda Mayor Norton introduced the Honorary Mayor of the Day, Jackson Carlisle, and his parents Scott and Kirsten. Jackson is 10 years old and in the 5th grade. He plays baseball and football, and he is a straight A student. ATH2025-198: Installation of the bollards will take approximately six weeks. ATH2025-113: Mike Jones, City Administrator, announced that he received three Department Head phone calls asking him to relay to Mayor and Council how grateful their team members are for these COLA and merit raises. RFP26-011: Eight responses were received for the Trenchless Rehab Strom & Sanitary Sewer Pipelining. Three of the eight were selected. ATH2025-173: Mike Jones explained that this Flock Group, Inc. agreement has to be adopted as part of the General Fund. It will show as a debt to the General Fund because 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 December 15, 2025 / 6:30 PM December 15, 2025 6:30 PM City of Smyrna Mayor and Council Meeting 2800 King Street SE Council Chambers there is no 2028 SPLOST yet. There is a non-appropriations clause that allows the City to exit this agreement for any reason.

4. Other Business / Staff Comment Councilmember Oglesby stated he had a soft opening of his new jazz restaurant this past Friday. They had 1,154 tickets with over 300 people in attendance. He will have a few more soft openings on Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday. The restaurant grand opening will be on December 26, 2025. Councilmember Pickens asked if there had been a curfew issued for downtown. He heard an announcement over loud speakers on Friday around 6:15 PM evening that said the park is closed and that unaccompanied minors had to leave the premises. Mayor Norton asked him to reach out to Chief Zgonc and Deputy Chief Binicewicz about this because no one was aware of a curfew. Councilmember Lindley asked about the next steps on bagging leaves and pickup. Mike Jones, City Administrator, is looking into a leaf truck. There is an issue that people place rocks and sticks into the leaf piles, so they are going to look at different options and capabilities. Councilmember Lindley stated that the feedback he had received is that there was no communication about this. He would like communication to go out to let residents know what the new policy is and why. He also mentioned that there is still too much speeding through neighborhoods. Mayor Pro Tem Gould announced that tomorrow night is Haynes King Night (Georgia Tech). Mayor Norton wished Mayor Pro Tem Gould a happy birthday. 5. Executive Session (As Needed)

6. Adjournment Mayor Derek Norton adjourned the December 15, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting at 6:55 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

1. Roll Call Present: 7 – Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember Latonia P. Hines (absent after 6:35 PM), Councilmember Travis Lindley (absent after 6:35 PM), Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould (virtual), Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. Also Present: 1 – Jeffrey Tucker Staff: 10 – Jennifer Bennett, Rick James, Mike Jones, Dat Luu, Russell Martin, Paul Osburn, Heather Peacon-Corn, Kristin Robinson, Carol Sicard, Keith Zgonc

2. Call to Order Mayor Derek Norton called to order the December 11, 2025 Committee of the Whole Meeting held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the HR Training Room at 6:00 PM.

3. Staff M&C Agenda Items to Review Russell Martin, Community Development Director, explained that Item A. Z25-014 is going to be withdrawn. ORD21025-012: This is a code amendment to add a distillery license to Smyrna’s alcoholic beverage ordinance. This would allow for a distillery wherever there is a brewery. LIC2025-049: This is for an existing restaurant, Siracusa’s NY Pizzeria, that has beer and wine and are adding liquor. LIC2025-051: This is for Taste of China adding beer and wine pouring. LIC2025-053: This is for StillFire Brewing to add manufacturing for a brewery, winery, and distillery. Keith Zgonc, Police Chief, spoke about the following: ATH2025-196: There are currently two separate contracts with Axon, one part for body cameras and in-car cameras and associated software, another part for body cameras and in-car cameras. This allows the city to consolidate existing contracts and receive a discount for the next five years. Carol Sicard, Human Resources Director, spoke about the following: ATH2025-113: The numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics ending September 30 are in, and the ECI, which has been used for the past five years was 3.6, and the City budgeted 3% for COLA. Merit increases based on performance as of June 30 of this year are set at an increase of between 2.5-2.5% depending on rating. ATH2025-208: This is a renewal with GIRMA for Georgia Firefighters’ Cancer Benefit Program.

4. Formal Business and Presentations

A. COW2025-115 Presentation by FLOCK Safety Evan Jeffcoat, Chase Hinson, and Natalie Coast from Flock Safety presented the following: The Next Era of Policing Starts Now Flock Safety is: • Atlanta Company started in 2017 • Protect about 1,500 businesses • 2,800 crimes per day are solved using Flock technology • 6,000 communities protected by Flock Citywide Solutions: Multi-use technology can help departments work together: • Law Enforcement • Fire Department • Parks Department • Traffic Operations • City Planning • Parking Enforcement • Curb Management • Emergency Management • School Safety • Economic Development There are currently 9 fixed LPR cameras in Smyrna. They propose to have 75 LPR cameras, 70 live video cameras, 1 mobile security trailer, 2 drones. Built with Privacy in Mind – Enabling Accountability • Data is 100% owned by customers and will never be sold. • Private customers never have access to government data or hotlists. • Flock automatically deletes data after 30 days by default. • Flock has no access to personally identifiable information. • Only your agency decided who to share with, not Flock. • End to end Encryption at the highest level, FBI(CJIS), HIPPA, ISO27001 • Every search requires a registered ID with a search or case number. • Search reason and user ID are saved in a permanent audit trail. • Flock encourages all agencies to have regular audits to ensure proper usage. • Coming Soon: Proactive Auditing to alert to potential misuse. Community Safety, Community Values: Industry Leading Compliance Features: • Search Filters – Prevents searches related to immigration or reproductive health at the request of a community. • Permanent Audit Logs – Communities can require both search reason and case number be included in any search. • Federal Limitation – No federal access to nationwide or statewide lookup. Agencies can share their data, not Flock. • Legal Response – Our contract mandates we alert you to any legal request for your data so your counsel can decide how to respond.