Committee of the Whole Meeting - A. MAX BACON CITY HALL, HR TRAINING ROOM — Minutes
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1. Roll Call
Present: 7 – Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember Latonia P.
Hines, Councilmember Travis Lindley, Mayor Pro Tem / Councilmember Tim
Gould (virtual), Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr.
Absent: 1 – Councilmember Charles Welch
Also Present: 1 – Scott Cochran
Staff: 9 – Tyler Addison, Joe Bennett, Richard Garland, Russell Martin, Paul Osburn,
Heather Peacon-Corn, Kristin Robinson, Joey Staubes, Keith Zgonc
Call to Order
Mayor Derek Norton called to order the April 3, 2025 Committee of the Whole meeting held at A.
Max Bacon City Hall in the HR Training Room at 6:00 PM.
2. Staff M&C Agenda Items to Review
3. Formal Business and Presentations
4. Review of Current M&C Agenda
A. COW2025-049 Review of the April 7, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and Agenda
V25-017: Joey Staubes, Planner II, provided the following background:
The subject property is currently occupied by Hibachi Express, a 4,170 square foot drive-
thru restaurant. The applicant is proposing a free-standing 154 square foot ice vending
machine on the southern property line for customers of the restaurant and the general
public alike.
A similar variance was approved for an automatic teller machine (ATM) next door at 2552
South Cobb Drive in 2017 by Mayor and Council (Variance Case V17-054) so there is a
Committee of the Whole Minutes - 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
Human Resources Training Room
2800 King Street SE
Smyrna, GA 30080
City Attorney Scott Cochran
City Administrator Joseph Bennett
City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn
April 03, 2025
6:00 PM