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2025-03-17 March 17, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL

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March 17, 2025 
7:00 PM 
 
City of Smyrna 
Mayor and Council Meeting 
2800 King Street SE 
Council Chambers 
 
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with survey prepared by Keystone Land Surveying, Inc. submitted on January 
22, 2025. 
 
Gordon Brans, applicant, came forward and had no further information to add.  
  
A public hearing was called, and no one came forward in favor of or in opposition to 
this item.  
 
Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item Z25-003; seconded by 
Councilmember Glenn Pickens. 
 
The motion to approve carried with the following vote: 
 
Aye: 6 –  Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember 
Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember 
Gould, Councilmember Oglesby 
Nay: 0 –  None 
Absent: 1 –  Councilmember Susan Wilkinson  
 
8.  Privilege License and Show Cause Hearing 
 
9.  Formal Business 
 
 A. ATH2025-048 Authorization to amend the FY 2025 Adopted Budget to increase the  
Parks Programs departmental budget for Heritage Celebrations in the amount of 
$12,000.00.  
Ward 7 Councilmember - Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. 
 
Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby Jr. made a motion to approve item ATH2025-048; 
seconded by Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould. 
 
The motion to approve carried with the following vote: 
 
Aye: 6 –  Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember 
Lindley, Councilmember Welch, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember 
Gould, Councilmember Oglesby  
Nay: 0 –  None 
Absent: 1 –  Councilmember Susan Wilkinson  
 
 B. ATH2025-050 Authorization to approve the reclassification of the Public Safety 
Systems Administrator position to System Administrator and transfer the role 
from the Police Department to the Information Technology Department to 
establish a team of system administrators within IT to oversee all the City’s 
major software systems.  
Citywide 
 
Joe Bennett, City Administrator, provided the following background: 
  
The Police Department’s Public Safety Systems Administrator position is currently 
vacant due to a retirement, transferring its responsibilities to the IT Department. This 
reclassification request seeks to establish a team of system administrators within IT to