Mayor & Council Retreat - Lanier Islands - Combined Session — Minutes
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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 – Scott Cochran
Staff: 16 – Julie Barwig, Jennifer Bennett, Joe Bennett, Jill Head, Dat Luu, Brian
Marcos, Russell Martin, Mary Moore, Paul Osburn, Heather Peacon-Corn,
Eric Randall, Kristin Robinson, Carol Sicard, Christy Ullman, Andrea
Worthy, Keith Zgonc
2. Call to Order
Mayor Derek Norton called to order the April 24, 2025 Mayor and Council Combined Work Session
held at Lanier Islands Legacy Lodge & Conference Center (7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford,
GA 30518) at 3:02 PM.
3. Formal Business
A. 3:00p – 5p Joint Work Session – Mayor/Council/Staff
Mayor Norton presented a list of projects and invited discussion from the council and staff on the
various topics:
South Cobb Drive Improvements:
• Longer Term Project
• $26M of the $35M already secured – end of 2029 for completion
• Congresswoman McBath newly representing Smyrna – visited and learned about this
project
Mayor and Council Work Session / Retreat Minutes - Final
MAYOR AND COUNCIL (Combined Session)
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)
Lanier Islands
Legacy Lodge & Conference Center
7000 Lanier Islands Parkway
Buford, GA 30518
City Attorney Scott Cochran
City Administrator Joseph Bennett
City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn
April 24, 2025
3:00 PM