Located at 100 Central Avenue, the building that is currently used as the Town Center of Garden City was opened to the public in 2009.
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.
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]
Council Meetings
The Council meets on the first and the third Mondays of each month at 7:00p.m.[3] Meetings have taken place at:
Garden City Community House, 78 Varnedoe Avenue, from 1951 until 1963
Garden City City Hall, 100 Main Street, from 1963 to 2009 [4]
Garden City Town Center, 100 Central Avenue, since 2009
Mayors
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]
↑ Rowe resigned before the end of his term of office. Mayor J.A. Rowe Resigns, Savannah Morning News, September 4, 1954
↑ Oglesby was appointed by his colleagues of the City Council to complete Rowe’s unexpired term. Warren Oglesby Named Mayor of Garden City, Savannah Morning News, October 5, 1954
↑ Quinney resigned before the end of his third mayoral term. Garden City's mayor resigns, Savannah Morning News, Jenel Few, September 26, 2009
↑ Holder was appointed by the City Council to serve the remainder of Anthony "Andy" Quinney's unexpired term. Tennyson Holder takes reins as Garden City mayor, Savannah Morning News, Michael Atkins, October 5, 2009
↑ Viola Bell was the first elected Black council member in Garden City.
↑ Lois Dasher was appointed in 1978 and became the first elected female council member in Garden City in 1979.
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