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Thomasville Council approves amended agenda, schedules CDBG hearing and budget committee meeting; closed session held with no action
Summary
At a March 9 briefing, Thomasville City Council approved an amended agenda adding a closed session on real estate (no action taken), scheduled a Generic CDBG public hearing for March 16, set a March 17 Personnel Finance Committee meeting on the FY 2027 budget, and placed multiple consent items on the March 16 consent agenda.
Thomasville City Council approved an amended agenda at its March 9 briefing and added a closed session for real estate contract discussions. City Manager Michael Brandt requested the closed session; Council Member Hunter Thrift moved to approve the amended agenda, Council Member Doug Hunt seconded, and the motion passed unanimously, 5–0.
The minutes show Council Member Doug Hunt moved and Council Member JacQuez Johnson seconded a motion to go into closed session for real estate contract discussions. The council entered closed session and, when it returned to open session, Mayor Raleigh York Jr. stated that no action had been taken in closed session.
The briefing also placed a Generic Community Development Block Grant public hearing on the March 16 meeting at 6:00 p.m. at 20 Stadium Drive and listed numerous consent-agenda items for that meeting, including minutes from prior meetings, a budget amendment (2026-P9-01), the annual audit contract with Martin Starnes & Associates, an ABC Board travel policy, and temporary road-closure ordinances for a Piano Festival (May 1) and a Memorial Day Parade (May 25).
Council Member Hunter Thrift called for a special called meeting of the Personnel Finance Committee on March 17 at 4:00 p.m. to discuss the FY 2027 budget; Council Member Doug Hunt seconded and the meeting was set. The briefing adjourned on a motion by Council Member JacQuez Johnson, seconded by Council Member Dana Lomba; the motion passed unanimously, 5–0.
The briefing minutes included no substantive debate on the items placed on the March 16 agenda, no public comment at the March 9 briefing, and no budget figures or property details for the closed-session real estate matter. The March 16 council meeting will include the public hearing on the CDBG program and the regular-agenda item on the annexation petition for "Emma's Place."
