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Austell City Council continues online meetings for now

Austell Mayor Ollie Clemons Jr. said recently the City Council may be open to in-person meetings with the public "in the very near future." (Courtesy of Charles Photography Portrait Artists)
Austell Mayor Ollie Clemons Jr. said recently the City Council may be open to in-person meetings with the public "in the very near future." (Courtesy of Charles Photography Portrait Artists)
By Carolyn Cunningham – For the AJC
June 2, 2021

For at least one more month, the Austell City Council will meet online only. During May’s meeting, Mayor Ollie Clemons Jr. said that may change. Instead of meeting in separate locations by video, Clemons, the City Council members, City Attorney Scott Kimbrough and city staff do meet in the Council Chambers of City Hall but wearing their masks and spaced apart.

From 6-6:30 p.m., the June 7 pre-agenda meeting will be available via webcast and will be followed by the 7 p.m. City Council meeting - also online. Questions to be asked during the Citizen’s Report must be submitted by 5 p.m. June 7 to clerk@austellga.gov.

Webinar link: us02web.zoom.us/j/87540989403 or call 312-6266-799. Webinar ID: 875 4098 9403

Information: austellga.gov/CityCalendar.aspx

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