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2025-01-09 January 09, 2025 Mayor and Council Mini-Retreat Work 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: 3 –  Joe Bennett, Jill Head, Russell Martin  
 
2. Call to Order 
 
Mayor Derek Norton called to order the January 9, 2025 Mayor and Council Mini-Retreat Work 
Session held at A. Max Bacon City Hall in the HR Training Room at 12:08 PM.  
 
3. Formal Business 
 
A. 2025-016 12:00p – 2p Mayor & Council Mini Retreat – Work Session (with lunch)  
 
4. Enter Executive Session 
 
Councilmember Charles Welch made a motion to Enter into Executive Session at 12:10 PM to 
discuss Land Acquisition; seconded by Councilmember Travis Lindley. 
 
The motion to approve carries with the following vote: 
 
Aye: 7 –  Councilmember Pickens, Councilmember Hines, Councilmember Lindley, 
Councilmember Welch, Councilmember Wilkinson, Mayor Pro Tem / 
Councilmember Gould, Councilmember Oglesby  
Nay: 0 –  None 
Recuse: 0 –  None  
 
Mayor and Council Mini-Retreat Work Session 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 
HR Training Room 
200 Village Green Cir SE 
Smyrna, GA 30080 
City Attorney Scott Cochran  
City Administrator Joseph Bennett  
City Clerk Heather K. Peacon-Corn 
 
January 09, 2025 
12:00 PM