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Garden City, Georgia was incorporated on February 8, 1939. It operates under a council-administrator form of government. By 2011, its city council will be composed of one mayor and five city council members. Each of the councillors will represent a different section of town.
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The current mayor is Tennyson Holder. Re-elected to the city council in 2009, he was appointed by his colleagues to serve the remainder the Anthony "Andy" Quinney's unexpired mayoral term. [1]
As of 2010, Garden City has never collected property taxes. [2]
The Council meets on the first and the third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. [3] Meetings have taken place at:
Until 2003, the mayor and the council members were elected to two-year terms of office. In 2003, staggered four-year terms were introduced. [5]
Past and presents mayors are:
Inauguration | Term Expiration | Mayor | Party | Other Elective Offices | |
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April 7, 1939 | December 11, 1941 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | Chatham County Commissioner, 1951–1961 | |
December 11, 1941 | December 9, 1943 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
December 9, 1943 | December 13, 1945 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
December 13, 1945 | December 11, 1947 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
December 11, 1947 | December 8, 1949 | Edgar C. Pipkin | Democrat | ||
December 8, 1949 | December 13, 1951 | J. Arlie Rowe | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1939–1941 | |
December 13, 1951 | December 10, 1953 | J. Arlie Rowe | Democrat | ||
December 10, 1953 | September 3, 1954 [6] | J. Arlie Rowe | Democrat | ||
October 5, 1954 [7] | December 8, 1955 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1949–1954 | |
December 8, 1955 | December 12, 1957 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | ||
December 12, 1957 | December 10, 1959 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | ||
December 10, 1959 | December 14, 1961 | Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | Democrat | ||
December 14, 1961 | December 12, 1963 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1955–1959 | |
December 12, 1963 | December 9, 1965 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
December 9, 1965 | December 14, 1967 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
December 14, 1967 | December 11, 1969 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
December 11, 1969 | December 9, 1971 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
December 9, 1971 | December 13, 1973 | Rupert W. Bazemore | Democrat | ||
December 13, 1973 | December 11, 1975 | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | Democrat | Garden City Council Member, 1971–1973; Chatham County Commissioner, 1980–1992 | |
December 11, 1975 | December 8, 1977 | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | Democrat | ||
December 8, 1977 | December 13, 1979 | James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | Democrat | ||
December 13, 1979 | December 10, 1981 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1975–1979 | |
December 10, 1981 | December 8, 1983 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
December 8, 1983 | December 12, 1985 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
December 12, 1985 | December 10, 1987 | E. James "Jimmy" Burnsed | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1979–1985; Bryan County Commission Chairman since 2005 [8] | |
December 10, 1987 | December 14, 1989 | E. James "Jimmy" Burnsed | Republican | ||
December 14, 1989 | January 6, 1992 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
January 6, 1992 | January 3, 1994 | LeRoy "Roy" L. Crager | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1981–1992; 2000–2002 | |
January 3, 1994 | January 8, 1996 | LeRoy "Roy" L. Crager | Republican | ||
January 8, 1996 | January 5, 1998 | James "Jay" W. Harrell | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1969–1987; 1989–1992; 2000–2002 | |
January 5, 1998 | January 2, 2000 | Dean Kicklighter | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1996–1998; Chatham County Commissioner, since 2000 [9] | |
January 2, 2000 | January 6, 2002 | Ralph O. Kessler | Republican | ||
January 6, 2002 | January 5, 2004 | Anthony "Andy" Quinney | Republican | Garden City Council Member, 1998–2000 | |
January 5, 2004 | January 7, 2008 | Anthony "Andy" Quinney | Republican | ||
January 7, 2008 | September 25, 2009 [10] | Anthony "Andy" Quinney | Republican | ||
October 5, 2009 [11] | January 2, 2012 | Tennyson Holder | Garden City Council Member, 1992–2009 | ||
Color code: Democrat or non-partisan leaning Democrat Republican or non-partisan leaning Republican Independent
Past and present council members are:
Willie L. Adams | 1959–1961 | |
Rupert W. Bazemore | 1955–1961 | Mayor of Garden City, 1961–1973 |
Viola W. Bell [12] | 1985–2000 | |
Don Bethune | Since 2010 | |
Frederick Dekle Blackburn, Jr. | 1988–1992 | |
M.O. Blackburn, Jr. | 1954–1959 | |
M.O. Blackburn, Sr. | 1940–1941; 1943–1945 | |
John R. Blackwell | 1949–1953 | |
I. Clifford Blount, Jr. | 1947–1949 | |
Bobby G. Bohler | 1973–1975 | |
Jessie L. Bowman | 1953–1958 | |
Clark F. Branch | 1959–1961 | |
James A. Bridgforth | 1961–1965; 1969–1971 | |
Elbert N. Brown | 1953–1954 | |
Ernest M. Brown, Sr. | 1961–1973 | |
Robert "Bob" Bryant, Sr. | 1996–2004 | Georgia House Representative, since 2005 |
E. James "Jimmy" Burnsed | 1979–1985 | Mayor of Garden City, 1985–1989 Chair of the Bryan County Commission, since 2005 |
J. Lawrence Cavanah | 1961–1969; 1971–1973 | |
Stanley Childers | 1996–2000 | |
Keith Cox | 1971–1978 | |
LeRoy "Roy" L. Crager | 1981–1992; 2000–2002 | Mayor of Garden City, 1992–1996 |
Lois T. Dasher [13] | 1978–1985 | |
James M. "Jimmie" DeLoach | 1971–1973 | Mayor of Garden City, 1973–1979 Chatham County Commissioner, 1980–1992 |
J.A. "Sonny" Dixon | 1985–1988 | Georgia House Representative, 1989–1997 |
Ralph V. Dodd | 1971–1981 | |
Fred S. Elliott | 1959–1961 | |
C. Marvin Exley | 1949–1959 | |
Welcome G. Farr | 1961–1967 | |
Kay A. Ford | 1996–1998 | Member of the School Board |
Alton D. Fryer | 1947–1958 | |
W.J. Fussell | 1947–1949 | |
Scott A. George | 2012 to Present | Mayor Pro Temp |
Dan W. Gray | 1941–1943 | |
L. Fred Griffin, III | 1989–1992 | |
Joseph W. Guill | 1943–1947 | |
Gwyn L. Hall, Sr. | 1996–1998; Since 2004 | |
James "Jay" W. Harrell, Jr. | 1969–1987; 1989–1992; 2000–2002 | Mayor of Garden City, 1996–1998 |
Amos C. Hathaway | 1957–1959 | |
Steve T. Hattrich, Jr. | 1965–1971 | |
Edwin B. Hemby | 1943–1947 | |
Lawrence E. Hill, Jr. | 1973–1987 | |
Claude Hodges, Jr. | 1973–1977 | |
A. Tennyson Holder | 1992–2009 | Mayor of Garden City, since 2009 |
Connie S. Holland | 1994–1996 | |
Darrel Hutcheson | 1977–1987 | |
J.Q. James | 1945–1947 | |
M.C. Jones | 1947–1949 | |
R. Bowen Jones | 1971–1992; since 2000 | |
William B. Jones | 1939–1945 | |
Ralph O. Kessler | 1975–1979 | Mayor of Garden City, 1979–1985; 1989–1992 |
Bessie Kicklighter | Since 2002 | |
Dean Kicklighter | 1996–1998 | Mayor of Garden City, 1998–2000 Chatham County Commissioner, since 2000 |
W.A. Marks | 1940–1943 | |
John C. McCord | 1939–1945 | |
S.L. McDonald | 1939–1941 | |
William Durward Motes | Since 2004 | |
Wendell P. Neville | 1961–1965 | |
Warren F. Oglesby, Sr. | 1949–1954 | Mayor of Garden City, 1954–1961 |
Marion F. Peterson | 1967–1969 | |
W. Roy Poe | 1952–1953; 1955–1957 | |
Anthony "Andy" Quinney | 1998–2000 | Mayor of Garden City, 2002–2009 |
Ted O. Romine | 1969–1971 | |
J. Arlie Rowe | 1939–1941 | Mayor of Garden City, 1949–1954 |
George A. Seckinger | 1961–1965 | |
Misty Bethune Selph | 2006–2010 | |
Judy Moore Shuman | Since 2002 | |
Carlie L. Smith | 1965–1969 | |
Edsel Smith | 1965–1971 | |
James "Jimmy" Lee Spilliards | 2000–2004; since 2009 | |
Jack C. Stafford | 1961–1969 | |
Ron Stephens | 1994–1996 | Georgia House Representative, since 1997 |
Carl G. Story | 1949–1953 | |
Shelby Strickland | 1996–2000 | |
H.W. Tuten | 1939–1940; 1941–1943 | |
John Underwood | 1969–1971 | |
Hal A. Van Sickle | 1940–1941; 1945–1949; 1954–1959 | |
Robert Edward Wilder | 1987–1992; 1994–1996; 2000–2002 | |
Earl Wilson | 2002–2004 |