City Council Member (Special Election to fill unexpired term)
Passes laws and regulations for your city
Full office description
- City council members work together with the rest of city council to set and implement city policy.
- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city
- City council members work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district.
- Most city council members in Georgia are elected in odd years to four year terms. Elections are nonpartisan.
How this impacts you
Policing — City council has final say over how many police officers the city hires, what equipment the police get and how they are trained.
Quality of roads — City council has the power to improve roads and build new ones through specific projects.
Housing costs — City council can decide which housing developments to approve, require affordable housing and set property tax rates.
This election has moved to a runoff. To see the runoff election, click here.
Election results
Runoff election
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RUNOFF
Perez Slaughter
36.8%
267 votes
RUNOFF
Larry Parrot
24%
174 votes
Michael Arnold
16.4%
119 votes
Tonya Reid
15.7%
114 votes
Cheryl Erby
4.1%
30 votes
Dorell McCroery
2.9%
21 votes