BrookhavenYES hosted the meeting Thursday night at Cross Keys High School.
Officials from four neighboring cities participated in a standing room only town hall meeting hosted by BrookhavenYES Thursday night. The event, held at Cross Keys High School, included the mayors of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Decatur, Chamblee and Johns Creek, along with four additional city employees. The meeting, held in a Q&A format, allowed neighbors to voice concerns, ask questions, and gain some insight into what has been successful in other cities who have recently incorporated. Each of the mayors opened the meeting with an introduction and their perspective on the positive side of cityhood. "We truly believe cities are the way to go," said Mike Davis, mayor of Dunwoody. "At some point a county gets too big and isn't able to provide…
A new city of Brookhaven would not have its own jail - at least, not in the beginning - meaning that anyone arrested here would have to be incarcerated elsewhere.
Individuals arrested in a city of Brookhaven would likely be housed at the DeKalb County Jail at I-285 and Memorial Drive, a location between 10-20 miles from the city’s proposed boundaries. But discussions have arisen at various cityhood meetings that suggest a regional detention facility in partnership with nearby cities could be a possibility in a few years. The DeKalb Sheriff’s Department administers the county jail, and as city of Brookhaven would not assume any of the sheriff’s department services, including its nationally recognized Fugitive Squad. “If taxpayers’ money would be saved by partnering with some neighboring cities to house inmates at one of their facilities or a regional facility, that is something that would merit a …
More than 75 people attended the meeting at the Chamblee-Dunwoody Holiday Inn.
BrookhavenYES held the second in its series of planned neighborhood meetings this past Wednesday night. The meeting was held at the Chamblee-Dunwoody Holiday Inn. Click on the photographs in this story to learn more about the evening.
HamBurger
9:56 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012
Mr. Dean, sorry I missed you, I would have shared some of my Cheerwine with you! By the way, has anyone told you, intellectually, how much you add to the conversation? I mean with that F. U. D. stuff and all? Very enlightening . . . Please pass the yellow mustard! more ›