Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed the proposal to give Dunwoody residents a vote to create their own city.

Perdue signed the legislation without ceremony, his spokesman, Bert Brantley, said this afternoon.

The state House and Senate approved the Dunwoody proposal last week and sent it to the governor Friday after a two-year battle in the Legislature.

Dunwoody residents are to vote on cityhood July 15, if all goes according to the proponents' timeline. The vote for mayor and City Council is slated for September. The the government could be seated in December, according to the proponents' plan.

The federal Department of Justice has to review the proposal to make sure it complies with the Voting Rights Act. That process could take up to 60 days, under federal guidelines.

Georgia is among the states still required to get federal review of issuing that affect voting.