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Votes at a glance — Newnan City Council, Oct. 14, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and outcomes at the Oct. 14 Newnan City Council meeting, including appointments, approvals of an alcohol license, speed-detection roadway list, park construction GMPs, an arboretum planning contract, and several street-closure permits.
Below are the formal actions recorded during the Oct. 14 Newnan City Council meeting. Where the transcript did not record a roll-call tally, the item is noted as adopted by voice vote and the recorded vote tally is not specified.
1) Adopt minutes of Sept. 23, 2025 regular meeting - Action: Adopt minutes as presented - Outcome: Approved by voice vote (tally not specified)
2) Appointments and reappointments to boards and commissions (series of nominations and voice votes) - Gabby White — reappointed to Cultural Arts Commission (motion carried by voice vote) - Kevin Barbee — nominated and approved (commission not specified in the excerpt) (motion carried by voice vote) - Jordan Marchman — nominated and approved to Planning Commission (motion carried by voice vote) - Parnell Odom — reappointed to Water and Light Commission (motion carried by voice vote) - Adeavor Nelson — nominated and approved to Keep Newnan Beautiful (motion carried by voice vote) - Notes: Makers and seconders were not consistently identified in the transcript excerpt; outcomes recorded as motion carried by voice vote.
3) Alcohol license — Taco Mama, 440 Newnan Crossing Bypass, Suite 209 - Action: Approve application for retail alcohol license for pouring of distilled spirits, malt beverages and wine for a new business - Outcome: Approved by voice vote (motion carried) - Clarifying detail: Applicant indicated an intended opening date (transcript snippet: "So we're at the seventh of fifteenth.")
4) FLOSS-related resolution - Action: Consideration and approval of a council resolution related to the floating local option sales tax (FLOSS); presentation given by Mr. Phillips - Outcome: Approved by voice vote (motion carried) - Notes: Resolution text not specified in provided transcript.
5) Speed detection device roadway list (Georgia DOT submission) - Action: Approve list of roadways approved by GDOT to allow the Newnan Police Department to use speed-detection devices - Outcome: Approved by voice vote (motion carried) - Clarifying detail: Item is specific to Newnan Police Department; sheriff and state troopers have separate processes. Council flagged a naming correction (Central Educational Center vs. Newnan High School).
6) Guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract awards for Greenville Street Park and Bicentennial Park - Action: Approve GMP contract awards (GMP amounts in packet; reported as under $4,000,000 budget set in Oct. 2024) - Outcome: Approved by voice vote (motion carried) - Funding: Special-purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST)
7) Arboretum planning services contract award (WLA) - Action: Approve contract award for arbor/arboretum planning services (WLA, $51,000) to prepare a grant-competitive application for the 2026–27 cycle - Outcome: Approved by voice vote (motion carried)
8) Visitor/partner update (informational) — no vote required - Hank Arnold — hospital-based peer recovery program update (no action required)
9) Street/parking closures and event permits (series of requests) - Foundation Church — block 3 parking spaces on West Washington Street for an ice cream truck during Munchkin Masquerade — Approved by voice vote - College Temple neighborhood — annual Halloween street closures, 5–9 p.m. — Approved by voice vote - NHS Band Boosters — close Army Road Nov. 1, 8 a.m.–midnight for band competition — Approved by voice vote - First Baptist Church — close Madison Street Oct. 23, 2:30–8:30 p.m. for preschool fall festival — Approved by voice vote - Court Square — close North and South Court Square Oct. 31 for Munchkin Masquerade 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Approved by voice vote
10) Adjournment - Action: Motion to adjourn — Approved by voice vote
Notes on voting records: The transcript records repeated “Aye” voice votes and “Motion carried” language. No roll-call tallies with individual yes/no votes were recorded in the provided excerpt; where specific mover/seconder names appear in the transcript they are noted above, otherwise the transcript shows motions, seconds and voice approval but not individual tallies.
