2025-08-04 August 04, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting Minutes - FINAL
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1. Roll Call
Present: 6 – Mayor Pro Tem Tim Gould, Councilmember Glenn Pickens, Councilmember
Latonia P. Hines, Councilmember Travis Lindley, Councilmember Charles Welch,
Councilmember Rickey N. Oglesby, Jr.
Absent: 2 – Mayor Derek Norton, Councilmember Susan Wilkinson
Also Present: 1 – Scott Cochran
Staff: 2 – Jill Head, Mike L. Jones
2. Call to Order
Mayor Pro Tem Tim Gould called to order the August 4, 2025 Pre-Council Meeting held at A.
Max Bacon City Hall in the Admin Conference Room at 6:32 PM.
3. Review of Current Agenda
A. PRE2025-026 Review of the August 5, 2025 Mayor and Council Meeting Notice and
Agenda
Mayor Pro Tem Gould reviewed the August 4, 2025 Mayor and Council agenda.
RES2025-014: Scott Cochran, City Attorney, explained that the case filed against the city
has not been dismissed yet. The paperwork is filed. This resolution extends the
moratorium, but it increases the size so other applicants are able to move forward with the
applications for permits. He also has an example of a vape ordinance from the city of
Atlanta. Councilmember Hines mentioned a new trend among kids called Kratom that is
causing PCP-like reactions, but it is currently legal.
ATH2025-129: Councilmember Welch asked if this takes all funding away from the East-
West Connector budget. Mike Jones, City Administrator, read the background which
helped explain:
• The City has received additional funding from the State for resurfacing so the
revenue and expense budget need to be amended to account for the additional
funding.
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
ADMIN CONFERENCE ROOM
2800 King Street
Smyrna, Ga. 30080
City Attorney Scott Cochran
City Administrator Mike L. Jones
Deputy City Administrator / CFO Kristin Robinson
City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn
August 04, 2025 / 6:30 PM