Politics & Government

Drake To Be Sworn In Monday Night

Scott Drake will officially take the Decatur City Commission seat that Bill Floyd held for more than 20 years.

Scott Drake will be sworn in Monday night as the Decatur City Commissioner for District 1, Post B.

He'll take the oath at the 7:30 p.m. city commission meeting in city hall and then take his seat at the table with the four other commissioners.

Bill Floyd held the post for more than two decades. , resigned Jan. 7 to take a consulting job.

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Drake won a close March 19 election over Greg Coleson.

Drake will be the junior member on a board that doesn't see much turnover.Β Β 

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The city webpage says Patti Garrett was first elected in November 2009, Fred Boykin in November 2001, Kecia Cunningham in November 1999 and Jim Baskett in November 1995

Drake, 37, grew up in Decatur and has served as the president of the Decatur Business Association.

He is now director of client services for SolDesign, an interactive marketing agency. He lives in the Artisan condo building with his wife and two children.

Residents can watch the meeting on live streaming video on their home computers by going to the city website.

The commission meetings will be broadcast live on Comcast channel 25 and will be rebroadcast at 2 p.m. Saturday.

A 6:30 p.m. dinner session will preceed the regular meeting. All meetings are open to the public.

To see the full agenda, go to the City of Decatur website.


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