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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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Map of Garden City, GA, USA
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.
As of 2010, Garden City has never collected property taxes.
Council Meetings
The Council meets on the first and the third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings have taken place at:
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.
Past and presents mayors are:
Color code: Democrat or non-partisan leaning Democrat Republican or non-partisan leaning Republican Independent
Council Members
Past and present council members are:
Scott A. George Mayor Pro Tem 2012 to Present
| Willie L. Adams | 1959–1961 | |- | Rupert W. Bazemore | 1955–1961 | Mayor of Garden City, 1961–1973 |- | Viola W. Bell | 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 | 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 | |- | 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 | |}