Savannah

Top issues

The five most-discussed unresolved issues, ranked by recorded discussion time (a measure of importance and contention), then by how many meetings they came up in.

Issues on upcoming agendas

Issues linked from the meetings scheduled in the next 10 days.

Recent updates

Issues with new information found in the last 7 days, newest first.

Upcoming meetings

Recent meetings

One page per meeting, summarizing every record we have of it (agenda, minutes, video and transcript).

Issues with near term decisions

Long running topics

No actions pending

Completed

Sources

Where the data comes from

• City website: https://www.savannahga.gov (City of Savannah, Chatham County; City Hall at 2 E. Bay St). Clerk of Council: Action Minutes at https://savannahga.gov/2460/Action-Minutes.
• City Council agendas and minutes: https://agenda.savannahga.gov/publishing/ap-agendas.html. Minutes pages carry a blank "Date Minutes Approved" line even after approval, so approval is inferred from the next meeting's minutes.
• Metropolitan Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals: https://www.thempc.org (Planning Commission at /Board/Tpc, Zoning Board of Appeals at /Board/Szba), with agenda, action minutes and full minutes as PDFs.
• Meeting video: City of Savannah YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/@cityofsavannah/videos (Council meetings and workshops; dates come from the video titles), and the City's Viebit archive, https://savannahgovtv.viebit.com/?folder=ALL (not examined). No video was found for the Planning Commission or Zoning Board of Appeals.
• Collected 2026-11-04 (added at Dewey's request).

Governing body

• Mayor Van R. Johnson II; Aldermen Carol H. Bell (At-Large Post 1), Alicia Miller Blakely (At-Large Post 2), Bernetta B. Lanier (District 1), Detric Leggett (District 2), Linda Wilder (District 3, Vice Chair), Nick Palumbo (District 4, Chairman), Estella Edwards Shabazz (District 5, Mayor Pro Tem) and Kurtis Purtee (District 6)
• City Council regular meetings: 2:00 PM Thursdays, Council Chambers, City Hall. In 2026 the pattern observed is the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. A workshop and City Manager briefing follow the same day at 11:00 AM (two mobile-tour workshops started in the morning). Executive sessions and special meetings occur as needed.
• City staff: City Manager Jay Melder; Assistant City Manager Taffanye Young; Chief of Staff Daphanie Williams; City Attorney R. Bates Lovett; Clerk of Council Mark Massey; Deputy Clerk Gwendolyn Jones; Assistant Director of Planning and Urban Design Edward Morrow (the department's Director was not confirmed)
• Metropolitan Planning Commission (every three weeks on Tuesday, 1:30 PM, 112 E. State St): Chairman Travis H. Coles; Vice-Chairman Tom Woiwode. Executive Director Melanie Wilson and Pamela Everett are listed in older sources and may be out of date. Next dates: 2026-11-17 and 2026-12-15.
• Zoning Board of Appeals (fourth Thursday, 10:00 AM, 112 E. State St): Chairman Stephen Merriman Jr.; Vice Chairman Michael Condon. Next dates: 2026-11-19 and 2026-12-17.
• Other boards (for example the Historic Review Board) were not researched.

Data quality notes

• City Council minutes for 2026-09-10 to 2026-10-08 were read. Approval is inferred from the next meeting's minutes (2026-09-10 and 2026-09-24 approved; 2026-10-08 pending). The 2026-10-22 regular meeting and workshop have agendas and videos but no minutes, so their outcomes are unknown. A few 2026-10-08 outcomes (the One-Year Action Plan and the LA28 agreement) were not individually checked.
• Planning Commission meetings of 2026-09-15, 2026-10-06 and 2026-10-27 and Zoning Board of Appeals meetings of 2026-09-24 and 2026-10-22 were read as item lists only. The 2026-11-17 Planning Commission agenda is listed and the 2026-11-19 Zoning Board of Appeals agenda was partly read.
• No City Council meetings are posted for 2026-11-01 to 2026-12-03. The 2nd and 4th Thursday pattern would suggest mid and late November dates, but that is unverified. Meeting pages for the 2026-12-15 Planning Commission and 2026-12-17 Zoning Board of Appeals are not built (beyond 2026-12-03).
• Meeting pages begin with 2026-09-01. Video dates are taken from video titles; a video for the 2026-09-10 workshop (a mobile tour) was not found.