Tybee Island City Council Member
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.
Election results
WINNER
Kathryn Williams
16.8%
707 votes
WINNER
Tony Ploughe
16.6%
698 votes
WINNER
Nick Sears
12.8%
538 votes
Barry Brown
11.8%
494 votes
John Branigin
11.6%
486 votes
Jay Burke
10.3%
434 votes
James Lucas
8.4%
351 votes
Jack Long
6.2%
259 votes
Joey Goralczyk
5.6%
234 votes
Candidates (9)
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Barry Brown
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Jack Long
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James Lucas
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Jay Burke
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Joey Goralczyk
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John Branigin
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Kathryn Williams
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Nick Sears
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Tony Ploughe
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