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2025-02-03 February 03, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL

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February 03, 2025 
7:00 PM 
 
City of Smyrna 
Mayor and Council Meeting 
2800 King Street SE 
Council Chambers 
 
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Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item 2025-072; seconded by 
Councilmember Latonia P. Hines. 
 
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 Wilkinson  
 
 I. ATH2025-031 Authorization to amend the 2022 SPLOST Fund project length budgets 
to increase the Downtown and South Cobb improvements project in the amount of 
$1,671,263.73, increase the Splashpad / Sprayground project in the amount of 
$403,470.44, decrease the Restrooms at North Cooper Lake Park project in the 
amount of $29,754.22, decrease the Facility Improvements project in the amount of 
$270,000.00, decrease the 800MHz radio project in the amount of $363,251.82, 
decrease the Small Equipment project in the amount of $1,302.57, and decrease the 
Sidewalks, Trails, Greenways, and Beautification project in the amount of 
$1,410,425.56 to reallocate funding between projects to increase project funding for 
pending/ approved contracts and reallocate excess budget available on completed 
projects. 
Citywide 
 
Joe Bennett, City Administrator, stated that several projects have been completed or 
have available funding that can be reallocated to cover these projects, so we are 
recommending decreasing those project budgets to offset the increases described 
above.  
 
Councilmember Travis Lindley made a motion to approve item ATH2025-031; 
seconded by Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr. 
 
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 Wilkinson  
 
10.  Consent Agenda 
 
Councilmember Charles Welch made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda as 
presented; seconded by Councilmember Travis Lindley. 
 
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