Parks and recreation staff briefed council on Halloween in the Park and the new citizen service channel My Smyrna.

Parks staff said preliminary figures for Halloween in the Park show about 10,900 visits in 2025 versus about 9,000 in 2024. The average dwell time at the event was approximately 115 minutes. Staff reported that roughly 43 percent of attendees were from Smyrna's 37167 ZIP code and that many visitors traveled from other communities.

"Based on the information we have, the visits in 2024 we had 9,000 people... in 2025 we had... 10,900 visits," parks staff said, describing vendor counts, hay rides, corn maze participation and costume-contest entries.

Amber Lou announced the launch of the My Smyrna app, available on Apple's App Store and Google Play, which lets residents submit nonemergency service requests with photos and track status updates. Staff said the town processed 27 service requests through a soft launch and encouraged departments to provide clear referral guidance when requests fall to other agencies.

Council members asked staff to publicize the parade food drive and to route incoming charitable donations to Nourish Food Bank promptly; staff agreed to accept food earlier and to tally council-member totals for an internal fundraising challenge tied to the Christmas parade.