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The Sandy Springs City Council held its regular meeting on January 6, 2026, beginning at 6:14 p.m. and concluding at 8:20 p.m., following a swearing-in ceremony for the mayor and council. The meeting covered routine approvals, public hearings for three alcoholic beverage licenses, key infrastructure contracts, a grant application, and a resolution asserting city oversight over the Fulton County Development Authority. All votes were unanimous.
Good evening. Good evening. Thank you for being here this evening. My name is Eden Freeman. I serve as the city manager of the city of Sandy Springs, and I am thrilled and honored to welcome you this evening to join us in the swearing in of the sixth city council since the founding of the city in 2005. Please rise and join us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. This evening I am honored to be joined by the Honorable Justice Sean Ellen Lagrua of the Georgia Supreme Court, who will be celebrating her fifth anniversary on the court tomorrow. Thank you, Justice Lagrua, for making time out of your very busy schedule to be here for such an important and auspicious occasion for the city of Sandy Springs. With that, I'm going to turn it over to Justice Lagrua. Thank you, Eden, and thank you again for having me back. I'm a proud resident of Sandy Springs, which makes it even more special to be here tonight. I want to congratulate all the council members and in particular our mayor for the election. But I also want to thank all the staff of the Sandy Springs administration here that makes this possible, and a special thank you to the Sandy Springs Police Department that provides us such great protection in our city. I can tell you, having been a prosecutor for much of my career, the Sandy Springs Police Department is exemplary. One of the best and candidly well thought about across this state, but also across the country. In fact, they were one of the few departments that responded to another state a couple of years ago when there was assistance needed. So I just think we're very lucky to have all of the people that serve Sandy Springs. So with that, Mayor. And it's coming. And if it's okay, can you all hear me? Yes. Okay. I've never been quiet in nature. And it's easier pictures to be taken if they don't stand in your back to the altar. If that's okay for everybody. So it looks like we have a few more. Come on out here. And you've done this before. Can you place your left hand on the Bible and raise your right hand? And repeat after me. I do solemnly swear or affirm. I do solemnly swear. Or affirm. Or affirm. That I will faithfully execute the office of mayor of the city of Sandy Springs. And I will faithfully execute the office of mayor of Sandy Springs. And will to the best of my ability support and defend. Well, to the best of my ability, support and defend. The Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Georgia. The Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Georgia.