As per the Brookhaven Post, the DeKalb County Commission has approved the once-per-week trash collection at the same price being charged currently. There may be additional options provided by the County to keep the same service forthcoming and the City will be exploring all options including contracting out. The timeline has not been presented by the County but I don't expect this to happen overnight.
Also at the DeKalb County Commission meeting it appears that there were quite a few fireworks regarding the replacement commissioner for Acting CEO Lee May. Nancy's comments are below.
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Taxation Without Representation - District Five
It is an abomination for Interim CEO Lee May to suggest any
voting bloc is working to disenfranchise the people of Southeast DeKalb.
Furthermore, it is disingenuous for Lee May to attack anyone in
the process given that he is the one person who can empower the people of
Southeast DeKalb - without any effort from the BOC.
There were two actions Lee May could have taken today which would
have given Southeast DeKalb a Commissioner:
The Board of Commissioners voted three to three on the
nomination of Gina Smith Mangham. At this point, Interim CEO
Lee May had the power to vote yes, which would have given the people of
Southeast DeKalb a Commissioner. For political reasons, Lee May voted no -
thus denying District Five a Commissioner.
There was no other nominee who received enough votes to be
confirmed today. When DeKalb County needed leadership from Lee May, he gave
us more politics.
Further, it is not accurate for Lee May to state he has
"exhausted every legal remedy allowed by the state" to rectify this
"unique" situation.
Lee May has the ability to resign and allow the people of
Southeast DeKalb to conduct a free and fair election. The people, not the
politicians, should decide who represents them.
I continue to call on Lee May to resign and
allow a free and fair election to occur.
It was Lee May who cast the deciding vote not to give the people
of Southeast DeKalb a Commissioner today. It is Lee May who refuses to
resign, which would allow the people of Southeast DeKalb a free and fair
election. The Interim
CEO should be ashamed of himself.
Taxation Without Representation - District
One
Taxpayers in DeKalb County District One are victims of taxation
without representation as the current presiding officer refuses to appoint
your duly elected District One Commissioner to any Committee assignments
until there is an appointed, non-elected, temporary Commissioner in District
Five.
There are five full committees in the DeKalb County Board of
Commissioners and I have a seat - and District One has a vote in - exactly,
zero of them.
Much of the work of the Commission is done via the committee
process. For example, the Finance, Audit, and Budget Committee has the duty
to nominate a candidate for Internal Auditor but has failed to do so for
years.
I have asked to be appointed to the following Committees: Public
Works & Infrastructure, Finance, Budget & Audit, and County
Operations & Public safety.
It is my hope that Commissioner Larry Johnson will empower the
people of North DeKalb by appointing me to these committees prior to the next
BOC meeting.
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Thursday 12 March 2015
7:00 - 8:30pm
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Brookhaven City Hall
4362 Peachtree Road NE
Brookhaven, GA 30319
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