July 12, 2019
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In May, Bacon said he’d seek re-election, but health concerns made him reconsider. Bacon, 70, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he had two heart attacks in 2016 and “that took a toll on me.”
June 26, 2019
Anulewicz said moving the graves or developing the cemetery were never part of the city’s discussion, as officials believed it was imperative to preserve the area’s history. “These are names that represent the early families of Smyrna,” she said.
June 19, 2019
The ordinance approved by the council makes it illegal to provide dockless devices to use in the city, leave them standing or lying in the right-of-way or on public property and to ride them in the city.
June 14, 2019
Marietta Daily Journal
As for whether Smyrna should allow them, Mayor Bacon cited the Marietta City Council’s vote to ban the scooters, but said he could get behind a limited allowance of the scooters’ operation in the city.
June 12, 2019
Now Smyrna city officials will allow only the burning of “clean wood” through issuance of free Residential Burn Permits from Oct. 1 to March 31, Jones said.
June 6, 2019
Now there no longer is the requirement for an enclosure around the outdoor seating areas of licensed pouring establishments in the city’s five restaurant districts.
June 5, 2019
The budget calls for the millage rate, the number the tax collector uses to determine a resident’s property taxes, to remain the same as it has been since 2007 at 8.99 mills.
May 28, 2019
Voting 5-2, the Smyrna City Council agreed on May 20 to expand the boundaries for the serving of alcoholic beverages in open containers by adding and expanding “Restaurant Districts.”
$40,000 for books for the Smyrna Library - nearly $32,500 from under-budget Capital Improvement Plan projects and $7,505 from the contingency fund.
May 20, 2019
The ban is on the agenda for Smyrna’s City Council meeting on Monday and would apply to rentable electric scooters and bicycles, which are rented through a smartphone app.