Garden City, Georgia was incorporated on February 8, 1939. It operates under a council-administrator form of government. By 2011, its city council was scheduled to be composed of one mayor and five city council members, each representing a different section of town.
The current mayor is Tennyson Holder. Re-elected to the city council in 2009, he was appointed by his colleagues to serve the remainder of Anthony "Andy" Quinney's unexpired mayoral term.
As of 2010, Garden City has never collected property taxes.
The council meets on the first and the third Mondays of each month at 7:00 p.m. Meetings have taken place at:
Until 2003, the mayor and the council members were elected to two-year terms of office. In 2003, staggered four-year terms were introduced.
Past and presents mayors are:
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Past and present council members are: