District 5
Andrea Cooke
Macon-Bibb County Board of Commissioners
About
Andrea Cooke won the District 5 special-election runoff on April 16, 2026. She's a mental-health professional and nonprofit executive — project director for Macon Mental Health Matters (which has served over 13,000 people in five years) and executive director of Choosing a Quality Life. Her stated priorities are housing stability, urban development, jobs, and mental-health access.
Total votes
133
across 11 meetings
Yes
133
100% of the record
No
0
no dissent on record
Abstain
0
never sat one out
About these numbers: most commission votes are unanimous — items are debated and amended in committee before a formal vote, so a high Yes rate is normal. This commissioner has no recorded dissent.
Commission Meeting · August 4, 2026
2 items
Approves the consent agenda of routine, non-controversial items.
Yes
Approves the minutes from the July 21, 2026 meeting.
Yes
Pre-Commission · August 4, 2026
22 items
Names the Frank Johnson Recreation Center basketball court for Sharone Wright and spends up to $5,000 on signage.
Yes
Names the Kings Park basketball court for Corey Williams and spends up to $5,000 on signage.
Yes
Approves a $2,354,757.90 contract with Professional Paving Services for road paving and resurfacing.
Yes
Approves a $2,517,305.93 contract with Professional Paving Services for road paving and resurfacing.
Yes
Approves a $2,458,187 contract with Stafford Builders for road paving and resurfacing.
Yes
Buys two parcels on Hawkinsville Road and FAA Boulevard for $325,570 as airport property.
Yes
Buys $113,898.57 of firefighter breathing-apparatus filling and storage equipment for the Fire Department.
Yes
Approves a $499,143.33 contract to build sidewalks along Jeffersonville Road.
Yes
Hires the Alderman & Hutcherson firm at $3,150 a month for juvenile dependency legal work.
Yes
Hires attorney Karen Aromatorio at $3,150 a month for juvenile dependency legal work.
Yes
Hires the Lori C. Obenauf firm at $3,150 a month for juvenile dependency legal work.
Yes
Hires attorney Stephanie Thornton Ward at $3,150 a month for juvenile dependency legal work.
Yes
Hires attorney John J. Carter II at $3,150 a month for juvenile dependency legal work.
Yes
Approves a $365,114 contract for Functional Family Therapy services for Juvenile Court participants.
Yes
Partners with the state DOT to build a pedestrian bridge over the Ocmulgee River for the Heritage Trail.
Yes
Approves a $1,635,721.82 contract to build a rooftop public-safety communications site at Atrium Health Navicent.
Yes
Approves a $206,580.49 contract to upgrade the Recreation Department's computer network.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license application for Lizella 786 on Holley Road in Lizella.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license application for Capricorn Studios on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license application for B & T Food Fresh on Rocky Creek Road.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license application for Barrington Hall Golf Club on Stoney Creek Drive.
Yes
Approves the minutes from the July 21, 2026 meeting.
Yes
Commission Meeting · July 21, 2026
2 items
Approves the minutes from the June 16, 2026 commission meeting.
Yes
Approves a group of routine items together on the consent agenda.
Yes
Pre-Commission · July 21, 2026
32 items
Meets privately with legal counsel to discuss lawsuits, property deals, and personnel matters.
Yes
Endorses the Ocmulgee Mounds National Park corridor plan and adds it to the county's comprehensive plan.
Yes
Authorizes the Bragg Jam concert crawl downtown on July 25, allowing outdoor alcohol under set rules.
Yes
Supports the county's application to a state program for affordable housing in South Macon and Houston Avenue.
Yes
Updates the IT Department's organizational chart.
Yes
Bans repeat alcohol license applications from sites rejected twice in the past three years.
The motion on the floor was to approve.
Yes
Updates the county code so the word commodity includes software products and services.
Yes
Accepts a $365,114 state grant for the Bibb County Juvenile Court, with no local match.
Yes
Accepts a $169,074 state grant to fund the Macon Judicial Circuit's Family Treatment Court.
Yes
Accepts a $299,679 state grant for the circuit's adult drug court and mental health court.
Yes
Adds $52,795 for extra engineering on the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail through a change order with Cranston Engineering.
Yes
Renews $160,812 in Microsoft Azure and ArcGIS cloud services for the IT Department.
Yes
Approves $130,000 for postage services to mail solid waste bills.
Yes
Adds $93,000 to the Liberty Disposal contract for landfill tipping fees.
Yes
Approves a $300,000 order with Liberty Disposal to handle county waste disposal.
Yes
Approves $11,450 to replace basketball backboards at Kings Park.
Yes
Approves $28,262,438 in change orders with Barton Malow for early work on the Macon Arena project.
Yes
Extends a $1,000-per-week counseling contract with Blue Cedar for State Court probation through June 2027.
Yes
Hires Professional Paving Services for $3.28 million to pave and resurface county roads.
Yes
Adds $99,700 to the design contract for Phase IV improvements at the Macon City Auditorium.
Yes
Hires Progressive Communications for $37,032 in managed network services.
The motion on the floor was to approve.
Yes
Hires Gartner for $133,800 in IT leadership advisory services.
Yes
Hires Granicus for $48,750 to set up government customer-service software.
Yes
Hires HM Strategic Consulting for $1,149,950 to provide IT staffing.
Yes
Hires Vera Causa Group for $54,000 to provide public-information and advisory services for the District Attorney.
Yes
Hires Williams Communications for $82,320 to provide post-construction drone inspections.
Yes
Approves $137,277 with Williams Communications to replace radio equipment.
Yes
Approves $204,800 with Williams Communications for public-safety radio equipment.
Yes
Approves an alcohol license for the Dollar General at 1370 Gray Highway.
Yes
Approves an alcohol license for Fuel Haven Exxon at 3004 Debra Allen Drive.
Yes
Appoints Willie Pitts, Margaret Rooyakkers, and Shaneke Wooten to the Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful Board.
Yes
Approves minutes from the June 16, 2026 Pre-Commission meeting.
Yes
Commission Meeting · June 16, 2026
3 items
Denies a license for the 1 Stop store on Houston Avenue.
Yes
Approves the consent agenda of routine, non-controversial items.
Yes
Approves the minutes from the June 2, 2026 commission meeting.
Yes
Pre-Commission · June 16, 2026
15 items
Adopts the county government's overall operating budget for fiscal year 2027.
Yes
Adopts the FY2027 spending plan for 2025 SPLOST sales-tax money.
Yes
Adopts the FY2027 budgets for the county's federal housing and community-development programs.
Yes
Accepts a $59,320 grant for the Sheriff's Office to boost security during FIFA World Cup events.
Yes
Accepts a $119,365 grant for the Macon Judicial Circuit Superior Court.
Yes
Accepts a $50,000 state grant to buy a vehicle for hauling emergency shelter supplies.
Yes
Spends $148,913 on new furniture for the Code Enforcement offices.
Yes
Hires Munnerlyn Pyrotechnics for the July 4 fireworks show at Lake Tobesofkee, at $27,500 the first year.
Yes
Reviews a new alcohol license for A1 Stop and Shop on Eisenhower Parkway.
Yes
Reviews a new alcohol license for Extra Mile on Emory Highway.
Yes
Reviews a new alcohol license for Vida Latin Kitchen on Vineville Avenue.
Yes
Reviews a new alcohol license for Texaco Food Mart on Napier Avenue.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for Jois Pick and Scratch on Spencer Circle; the county recommends denial, citing operation as a vice mart.
Legal recommended denial. The motion on the floor was to deny.
Yes
Appoints David Cole to the county's retirement-plan administrative board.
Yes
Approves the written record of the June 2 commission meetings.
Yes
Pre-Commission · June 2, 2026
15 items
Authorizes up to $350 million in bonds to help fund the Macon Arena project.
Yes
Meets privately with legal counsel to discuss lawsuits, property deals, and personnel matters.
Yes
Hires ShotSpotter for gunshot detection at $524,000 a year for three years.
Yes
Pays Tyler Technologies $158,140 for yearly upkeep of the county's resource-planning software.
Yes
Hires Williams Communications to replace county radio equipment for $146,883.87.
Yes
Buys a vertical storage carousel for $104,882.38 using public safety funds.
Yes
Adopts an updated solid waste plan and lifts the pause on building new waste facilities.
Yes
Accepts a state grant of up to $2.85 million for the first phase of Taxiway E at the regional airport.
Yes
Accepts a state grant of up to $2.8 million to repave and light Runway 5-23 at the airport.
Yes
Supports Newtown Macon's bid for state funds to extend the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail and add a river crossing.
Yes
Moves 2018 SPLOST funds to pay for recreation, courthouse, and road projects.
Yes
Shifts $313,910 in budget funds to cover purchases for the IT, aviation, solid waste, and grants departments.
Yes
Appoints Kaylee Pruitt to the county's Pedestrian Safety Review Board.
Yes
Appoints Kaylee Pruitt to the Macon-Bibb Transit Authority.
Yes
Approves the minutes from the May 19 budget presentation.
Yes
Commission Meeting · June 2, 2026
1 item
Approves the consent agenda.
Yes
Pre-Commission · May 5, 2026
29 items
Authorizes an interim agreement with Lovejoy Capital to plan a public-private project at Lake Tobesofkee.
Yes
Changes how citations are served in property-condition cases.
Yes
Creates a three-county Mid-Georgia Gateway Joint Development Authority.
Yes
Goes into a closed session to discuss legal, property, or personnel matters.
Yes
Sells a 0.07-acre property to Daniwin Associates for about $565.
Yes
Closes a right-of-way between Northern Street and Joiner Lane and removes it from the county road map.
Yes
Updates the county's employee responsibility policies.
Yes
Hires Habitat for Humanity to build two homes for $345,767 in housing funds.
Yes
Applies for a state grant to reduce unsheltered homelessness in the county.
Yes
Accepts up to $2,618,518 in FAA funding for the airport Runway 5-23 extension.
Yes
Hires Safebuilt Georgia to run building department administrative services.
Yes
Approves operations-services purchase orders to Paul G. Guest for the District Attorney's office.
Yes
Hires Professional Paving Services for $3,248,988 in road paving and resurfacing.
Yes
Spends $194,361 on breathing-apparatus equipment for the Fire Department.
Yes
Sets a $34 million cap for the Law Enforcement Center expansion and upgrade.
Yes
Hires New England Trauma Services for as-needed homeless-encampment cleanup.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for Legend 35 and Older on Broadway.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for SSE Gas on Walnut Street.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for Yagesh Food Mart on Riverside Drive.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for Andalusia on Second Street.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for Rivera's Mexican Restaurant on Hartley Bridge Road.
Yes
Approves a license for Macon Beverage Outlet at 4580 Log Cabin Drive.
Legal recommended approval. The motion on the floor was to approve.
Yes
Approves Macon Beverage Outlet at 3965 Arkwright Road.
Legal recommended approval. The motion on the floor was to approve.
Yes
Approves House Cocktails at 368 2nd Street.
Yes
Approves AP's Hidden Hideaway at 4274 Broadway.
Yes
Approves the HMK Express item at 1105 Gray Hwy.
Yes
Reviews an alcohol license for A1 Stop on Houston Avenue, recommended for denial.
Legal recommended denial. The motion on the floor was to approve.
Yes
Submits nominees for a seat on the Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority Board.
Yes
Approves the minutes from the April 21, 2026 special called meeting.
Yes
Commission Meeting · May 5, 2026
1 item
Approves the consent agenda of routine, non-controversial items.
Yes
Special Called · April 21, 2026
11 items
Authorizes using eminent domain to clear blighted properties.
Yes
Goes into a closed session to discuss legal, property, or personnel matters.
Yes
Moves $257,167 between budgets for regular department expenses.
Yes
Sets aside $150,000 for the Lake Tobesofkee aquatics management contract.
Yes
Spends $1,271,811 on courthouse network setup.
Yes
Approves a $1,159,505 contract with TVS Design to design a convention center and hotel.
Yes
Extends a fire department uniform contract through June 2027.
Yes
Approves $689,399 in annual software fees to Tyler Technologies.
The motion on the floor was to approve.
Yes
Accepts a $175,914 grant for Sheriff's Office vehicles.
Yes
Authorizes accepting a $75,874 Violence Against Women Act grant for the Solicitor-General's office.
Yes
Authorizes accepting an $84,563 VAWA grant for the District Attorney's Office.
Yes