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The Elberton City Council consists of a Mayor and a
Council Member from each of the five (5) Wards.
The Mayor is elected by
residents' city-wide while Council Members are elected within their
wards
and must be a resident of that ward. Municipal elections are held
on odd-numbered years. The Mayor is the presiding
officer at the Council Meetings and is the official head of the City for
all ceremonial
occasions.
The City Council is the legislative power of the
City and determines all matters of policy. The Council
appoints the City
Manager and diverse committee members as well as annual appointments for
the
positions of City Attorney, City Recorder, and Tax Assessor Board.
The City Council meets regularly on the first
Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers
at 203 Elbert
Street.
To be placed on the Agenda, please notify the
Office of the
City Clerk
seven (7) days preceding the meeting.
City Council Contact Information
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Carey D.
Butler, Ward 1
Mr.
Butler, along with his wife Virginia, is the owner
and operator
of Butler Office Supplies located at
246 Heard St. In addition,
Mr. Butler is a
draftsman, property appraiser and manages real
estate investment. His focus is running the City on
sound
business principles. Council Member Butler was
first elected in
1993 and has since been re-elected
in 1997, 2001, and 2005. He
currently serves on the Downtown Development
Authority.
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Bobby Hunt,
Ward 2
Mr.
Hunt retired from the United States Army in 1981. He
and his
wife Pat spend much of their time and focus
on programs to
benefit youth. He works diligently on
City needs including funding
the Elberton Boys and
Girls Club, operating Elberton Youth
Development and
operating the Blackwell Cultural Center. He
is
instrumental in organizing and running programs at
the
Blackwell Cultural Center on Mill Street.
Council Member Hunt
is in his third term as Council
Member. He was elected in 1995
and re-elected in
1999. His election campaign and work on
Council
focuses on the development and needs of the human
infrastructure in our community.
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Troy Colquitt,
Ward 3
Mr.
Colquitt is retired from more than one career. He
was an
aviation electrician and member of the
fighter squadron Thirty
Two of the US Navy. He also
helped construct the Richard B.
Russell Dam as an
ironwork supervisor and was a real estate
appraiser
for twelve years. In addition to those careers, he
spent thirty years in the granite industry. His work
in the
industry involved designing, fabrication, and
erection of buildings
and equipment. He and his wife
Estelle have two children, Chuck
Colquitt and Tracey
Colquitt Rousey. Mr. Colquitt is a member
of Antioch
Baptist Church and decided to become a councilman
in
2003 to give back to the neighborhood and community
in
which he has lived for thirty years. He is the Mayor
Protem.
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Bob Paul ,
Ward 4
Bob is
the Vice President and General Manager of Eagle
Granite Company., Inc. and is a vital member of his
community. He has served as the
Chairman of the Elbert County Chamber of Commerce,
President of the
Elberton Rotary Club, President of the Elbert
Granite Association and as member of the Elbert
Theatre Foundation. He is an active member of First
Baptist of Elberton, where he has served as a deacon
and Sunday School teacher. He enjoys singing in the
choir and with the praise team. He directed and
acted in the first production back in the renovated
Elbert theatre -The Foreigner - and is on
the Encore Productions Board. He last co-directed
Meredith Wilson's The Music Man with Nan
Teasley in February of 2010.
He is a member of the Elbert County Chamber of
Commerce Board, the Elbert County Historical
Society, the Elbert County Friends of the Library,
and the Read at Home Elbert County Advisory Board.
He is glad to serve
the citizens of Ward 4 on the Elberton City Council.
In his free time, Bob likes to travel, read,sing,
play tennis, and go to the cinema. Bob is an Apple
computer enthusiast. He is proud uncle of 3 nephews,
Nick, Nathan, and Luke, and 1 niece, Jilly. He
delights in revving the young ones and then sending
them back home to their parents.
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Joel Seymour , Ward 5
Mayor Pro tempore
A native
of Elberton, Joel is the Assistant Administrator of
Human Resources and Administration at Southeastern
Power
Administration. In fact, he has worked at
Southeastern for more
than 45 years in various
capacities. Joel is a graduate of the
University of
Georgia with a bachelor's degree in business
administration and a master's degree in public
administration. He has continued his career
development with courses in
management and executive
development. He also finished the
U.S. Army Command
and Staff College and the Industrial
College of the
Armed Forces.
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2009 Council
Meetings
January 5
February 2
March 2
April 6
May 4
June 1
July 13
August 3
September 14
October 5
November 2
December 7
January 4 (2010) |
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