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2025-04-25 April 25, 2025 Mayor and Council Retreat - Day 2 Combined Session Meeting Minutes - FINAL

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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: 15 –  Julie Barwig, Jennifer Bennett, Joe Bennett, Jill Head, Dat Luu, Brian 
Marcos, Russell Martin, Mary Moore, Paul Osburn, Eric Randall, Kristin 
Robinson, Carol Sicard, Christy Ullman, Andrea Worthy, Keith Zgonc  
 
2. Call to Order 
 
Mayor Derek Norton called to order the April 25, 2025 Mayor and Council Combined Work Session- 
Day 2 held at Lanier Islands Legacy Lodge & Conference Center (7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, 
Buford, GA 30518) at 9:00 AM.  
 
3. Formal Business 
 
A. 9a-11:00a Joint Work Session – Mayor/Council/Staff  
 
Paul Osburn, Deputy Public Works Director 
• Stormwater projects are substantially higher than previously 
• Evaluation needs to be done – It has cost $1.5M/year for two or three projects  
• Infrastructure has aged – corrugated metal 
• Data collection has been done – would like to raise UB fees 
• Yard waste bins – yard waste goes to the GFL transfer station 
• Yard waste day would be more efficient to be the same day as regular pick-up day 
• Currently, yard waste pick-up day is Monday 
• Changing yard waste pick-up to dedicated trash pick-up day would save thousands of 
dollars 
 
Mayor and Council Work Session / Retreat Minutes - Final 
MAYOR AND COUNCIL (Combined Session- Day 2) 
 
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 25, 2025 
9:00 AM