Press Releases

Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson to Host Countywide Voting Town Hall

DECATUR, Ga. – The state of Georgia will be replacing all of its voting machines by the March 24 presidential primary with a new voting system. In the wake of this change, DeKalb County Commissioner…

DeKalb County Commissioners Introduce Resolution for Voter Approved Ethics Code

DECATUR, Ga. – A resolution was introduced at the DeKalb Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 that urges the DeKalb Delegation to adopt the same Ethics Code previously approved by…

DeKalb Announces Christmas Residential Sanitation Collection Schedule

DECATUR, Ga. – In observance of Christmas Day on Wednesday, Dec. 25, sanitation service for residential customers will be based on the following collection schedule:

Monday, Dec. 23 – Normal…

DeKalb Winter Break Mini Camp Starts Dec. 23

DECATUR, Ga. — DeKalb County Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs will offer a Winter Break Day Camp, Dec. 23 – 31 and Jan. 2 - 3, from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Camp will be closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 in…

DeKalb CEO Proposes Public Safety Pay Increase

Today, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond recommended to the county Board of Commissioners a four-percent public safety salary increase. Included in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal, the raise…

DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Expects Traffic Increase Due to SEC Championship

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) is preparing for an increase in operations Dec. 5-8 due to the NCAA SEC Championship game scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 7, at Mercedes Benz Stadium in…

DeKalb Police Awarded $39,600 H.E.A.T. Enforcement Grant

DECATUR, Ga. – The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) has announced that the DeKalb County Police Department has received a Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic grant for the 2020 grant…

DeKalb-Peachtree Airport Launches New Complaint and Flight Tracking Portal

DECATUR, Ga. – DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) has launched a new system for submitting complaints and tracking flights.

The system, called PublicVue, allows the public to view radar data for planes…

DeKalb CEO to Propose Public Safety Pay Increase

DECATUR, Ga. – Tomorrow, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and county leaders will announce a proposal to significantly increase public safety salaries in the Fiscal Year 2020 budget.  

The…

DeKalb Watershed Management Receives Top Award

DECATUR, Ga. — The DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) was recently recognized with a top award for outstanding wastewater collection system operations.

“After many years of…