2025-04-21 April 21, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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1. Roll Call
Present: 7 – Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember Travis
Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson, Mayor
Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim Gould, Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr.
Also Present:
Absent:
1 –
1 –
Scott Cochran
Councilmember Latonia P. Hines
Staff: 3 – Joe Bennett, Jill Head, Russell Martin, Joey Staubes
2. Call to Order
Mayor Derek Norton called to order the April 21, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting held at A. Max Bacon
City Hall in the Admin Conference Room at 6:37 PM.
3. Review of Current M&C Agenda
PRE2025-014 Review of the April 21, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda
Z25-005: Mayor Norton reminded Council that this is not a rezoning. It is a zoning
amendment for a small change in height. He also mentioned that Councilmember Pickens
will be recusing himself.
ATH2025-071: Councilmember Welch asked that noise be reduced or eliminated between
9:00 AM – noon on Sundays so as not to disrupt church services in the area.
ATH2025-065: Joe Bennett, City Administrator, recommended changing the wording for
this item to indicate closing the roads as-is but changing it to only May 4, 2025 so they
can look at future arrangements for the Smyrna Market. Councilmember Lindley stated he
does not want King Street closed. Discussion took place about daylight savings time and
the impact that may have on these road closures. This will be revisited at a later date.
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
Administration Conference Room
2800 King Street
Smyrna, GA 30080
City Attorney Scott Cochran
City Administrator Joseph Bennett
City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn
April 21, 2025
6:30 PM