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The Canton City Council sets all policies for the City including fiscal and administrative policy. The councilmembers' terms of office are for four years. Elections occur every two years so terms are staggered. The current Mayor Pro Tem is Farris Yawn; he takes on the role of mayor when Mayor Grant is absent. All wards are city-at-large positions with geographic residency requirements.

The governing body of the City of Canton is the City Council that establishes local law and policies through the enactment of ordinances and resolutions. Regular City Council meetings are held at 6 p.m. on the first and third Thursday each month at Canton City Hall located at 110 Academy Street. The City Council may postpone or cancel any meeting as deemed necessary.

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Council Members

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Rice, Darrell

  • Departments:Mayor & Council
  • Title:Councilmember Ward 1
  • Phone:(770) 704-8861
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Darrell Rice serves as Vice President of Community Revitalization for City of Refuge - an Atlanta based community-impact nonprofit organization he was instrumental in launching in 1997 and returning to serve on the executive team in 2018.

Most of his 48-year career involved church administration and local church leadership, having served as Administrative Bishop for the Church of God in Chicago, Oklahoma and Maryland; and pastorates in the Atlanta area.

 He has also been a member of many strategic community and denominational boards and committees, including chairmanship of the Mount Paran Christian School Board of Directors (1989 - 1994), the Lee University Board of Directors (1986 – 2010; serving as Chair 2004 - 2010), and the 2023 appointment by Canton Mayor Bill Grant and the City Council to the Canton Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.

 Darrell is a graduate of Lee University (B.A. – 1976), and the University of Arkansas (M.A. – 1982).

 He and his wife, Marsha, have three children – Joshua, Jennifer and Jill – and 8 incredible grandchildren.

 Darrell and Marsha live in Canton, Georgia (Great Sky).

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