Fitzgerald City Alderman
Passes laws and regulations for your city
Full office description
- City aldermen work together with to set and implement city policy.
- City aldermen are tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city
- City aldermen work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City aldermen represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district.
- Most city aldermen in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan.
How this impacts you
Policing — City aldermen have final say over how many police officers the city hires, what equipment the police get and how they are trained.
Quality of Roads — City aldermen have the power to improve roads and build new ones through specific projects.
Housing & Urban Development — City aldermen can decide which housing developments to approve, require affordable housing and set property tax rates.
Election results
WINNER
Earl Brown
29.3%
408 votes
WINNER
Sheila Jefferson
27.5%
382 votes
WINNER
Tommy Roberts
24.2%
337 votes
Angela K. Anderson-Johnson
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