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Mayor and Council
Meeting Schedule | Agendas and Minutes
City Council meets on the first and third Monday of each month at 5 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 134 Malone Street, Sandersville. Special meetings may be called by the Mayor with due notice. All City Council meetings are open to the public, except for items allowed to be discussed in Executive Session. All meetings follow the same agenda format, and generally follow Robert’s Rules of Order for public meetings. The preliminary agenda for the City Council is prepared the week before the City Council meeting and posted on the City web page.
The Mayor presides at all meetings, preserving order and decorum. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tem presides, and in the absence of both the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, the council elects a new pro tem to preside during the absence of those officers. The Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem and three Council Members constitute a quorum. Participation in meetings by public-spirited residents is encouraged.
Sandersville's council-manager form of government combines the strong political leadership of elected officials (mayor and council) with the strong managerial experience of an appointed local government manager. The structure of a municipality operating under the council-manager form of government is similar to the structure of a corporation. To this end, the municipality’s residents are treated as shareholders that elect a city council to serve as their board of directors.
The city council establishes the city’s policies, while a professional city manager, hired by the city council, is charged with implementing the council’s policies. In this capacity, the city manager functions similarly to a corporation’s chief executive officer, or CEO. Under this form of government, responsiveness to residents can be enhanced, as administrative accountability is centralized in one individual, the city manager.
