Smyrna Public Art Committee - HR Training Room — Minutes
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1. Roll Call
Present: 6 – Councilmember/Chair Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr., Committee Member Vanya
Foote, Committee Member Robert Harrison, Committee Member Committee
Member Meg Quigley, Burke Scott, Committee Member Imani Thomas
Also Present: 1 – Anna Talarico (virtual)
Absent: 1 – Committee Member Leah Barnes
Staff: 3 – Richard Garland, Carson Haynie, Mary Moore, Rebecca Power, Evie Ramsey
2. Call to Order
The April 24, 2026 Smyrna Public Art Committee held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the HR
Training Room was called to order at 11:33 AM.
3. Chairperson Instruction and Comment
Chairperson Oglesby welcomed the committee to the meeting and shared excitement about the
Jonquil Festival that coming weekend. He highlighted the Parks and Recreation Department,
thanking them for their hard work with the festival. Chairperson Oglesby informed the committee
that Mayor Norton and the City Administrator may be attending this meeting. Chairperson
Oglesby gestured to the Smyrna Public Art Committee budget sheet and confirmed with Special
Projects Manager Carson Haynie that June 30 is the end of Smyrna’s 2026 fiscal year.
4. Formal Business
A. 2026-148 Public Art Policy Proposed Updates
Special Projects Manager Carson Haynie gave the floor to Designing Local Consultant
Anna Talarico. Anna Talarico reintroduced herself because there are new members of the
committee. She said she is the city’s public art consultant and has been with the Smyrna
Public Art Committee for two years. Over the past two years with the city, she has
gathered best practices regarding public art processes and therefore has made minor
recommended updates to Smyrna’s existing public art policy. She said the policy broadly
addresses the following sections: public art definitions (how artwork, artists, and public
spaces are defined), roles and responsibilities (on behalf of city staff, the public art
committee, and city council), collection management (how public art collections within the
SMYRNA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE
Minutes - Final
Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr., Council Member/Chair
Leah Barnes, Committee Member
Vanya Foote, Committee Member
Robert Harrison, Committee Member
Meg Quigley, Committee Member
Burke Scott, Committee Member
Imani Thomas, Committee Member
Anna Talarico, Designing Local Consultant
A. Max Bacon City Hall
HR Training Room
2800 King Street SE
Smyrna, GA 30080
City Attorney Scott Cochran
City Administrator Mike L. Jones
Deputy City Administrator / CFO Kristin Robinson
City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn
April 24, 2026 / 11:30 AM