Mayor and Council

Quitman runs under a charter granted by the Georgia General Assembly. The charter puts the city’s governing authority in the Mayor and four Council Members. The Mayor is elected citywide, and the four Council Members are elected by district, two from each of the city’s two districts. Together they set city policy: they adopt the annual budget, set the millage rate and utility rates, pass ordinances and resolutions, approve major contracts, and appoint the city’s key officers and board members. The Mayor presides over Council meetings. The Council acts only as a body, by majority vote in a public meeting, and as a body it directs the Office of the City Manager to carry out its decisions.