2025 4 28 CAC Notes

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Advisory Meeting April 28, 2025  
 
Attendance: 14 members 
Anne Marie Shaffer                          Jo Lundy 
Barbara Peck                                       John Proffitt 
Bill Wilson Patti Greek, Chair 
Shawn McKeehan Perry McCowan 
Elaine Newman                                   
Geoffrey Smith                                     
Hugh Willson                                        
James Fries                                            
 
New Members:    
Amy Sullins Frances Witt-McMahan 
 
Absent:  
Bob Roseberry Reita Witt 
Don Frank Sherry Richmond Frank 
Moises Contreras  
 
Topic:  
TO DISCUSS THE COORDINATION OF A CITIZEN SATISFACTION SURVEY TO 
BE CONDUCTED BY A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY 
 
The committee understands the City Manager would like to ask POLCO or a similar company 
to gain viable information from the citizens on growth, changes and direction for the city of 
Athens. 
 
We went page by page—question by question that was used in the City  of Franklin. 
Here are a few thoughts that were expressed: 
• It will be interesting to see how Franklin receives this information.   
Apparently, this polling is continuing to the end of May. 
• Franklin will be mailing out postcards— the committee said this would be a waste of 
time and money for Athens. 
• The questions need to only go to Athens residents— not people who work in Athens. 
• If they email this questionnaire, do they have a way of knowing the responses cannot be 
entered in more than once.   
• How to get as many people as possible---