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Council appoints Councilman Waters to Visit Marietta board; attorney clarifies open-records timing for candidate materials

Marietta City Council · January 5, 2026
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After suspending the rules, the council added a Visit Marietta appointment to the agenda and approved the substitute motion selecting Councilman Waters as the council's representative to the Visit Marietta Board. The city attorney explained when candidate materials trigger open-records disclosure.

The Marietta City Council added and filled the council’s periodic appointment to the Visit Marietta Board of Directors, approving a substitute motion to select Councilman Waters as the council’s representative.

A council member explained that Visit Marietta — formerly the Marietta Visitors Bureau — administers tourism grants funded by hotel-motel and auto rental taxes, leases office space at the old train depot and passes grant funds through under state requirements. The council member said the board is…

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