SNELLVILLE — The city of Snellville celebrated its 90th birthday Monday, welcoming many former councilmembers, a former city clerk and even a former mayor to the festivities. Mayor Kelly Kautz proclaimed Aug. 20, 2013, to be Snellville’s birthday, giving the proclamation to Tom Ewing of the city’s Historical Preservation Society.
A copy of the original charter naming Snellville an official city, and handwritten in 1923, was on display during Monday’s city council meeting. Wayne Odum, the longest-serving council member to ever serve in Snellville, presented the birthday cake that was served in honor of the event.
Mayor pro tem Tom Witts invited three Veterans Memorial committee members to speak at Monday’s council meeting, in an effort to update residents on the progress of the much-lauded memorial. Former mayor pro tem Barbara Bender, former councilman Chad Smith and Bob McCann, a West Point graduate and the project’s civil engineer, presented the concept, drawings and facts surrounding the memorial.
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