DeKalb’s House delegation is considering a one year moratorium on cityhood initiatives to give residents, leaders and stakeholders a chance to assess the impact of incorporation on the county.
Interim CEO Lee May asked the delegation to write a resolution calling for a one-year pause in cityhood efforts at the delegation’s Jan 27 meeting at the capitol.
May called the current process that allows areas to incorporate detrimental to the county on revenues and expenditures.
“For example, the HOST 1 percent sales tax allows us to use up to 20 percent of the revenues for capital improvments such as sidewalks streets,” he said. “Right now that works out to about $20 million for capital improvements such as sidewalks and streets. But under current rules Dunwoody and Brookhaven get most of that money and we’re left with about $6 million to pay for sidewalks and pot hole repairs on county roads.”
State Rep. Howard Mosby, who chairs the DeKalb House Delegation, said it wants to help clarify the issues surrounding incorporation but is under the gun because of this year’s early primary elections.
Mosby said the session is on a fast track because state primaries are on May 20 this year, as opposed to the usual July schedule. He said many lawmakers want to wrap up legislative business quickly so they can campaign for re-election.
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