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Should DeKalb eliminate its CEO job?

By Mark Niesse
Sept 30, 2016

For the first time in decades, DeKalb County is going through a comprehensive review of its CEO-led government structure.

A group of residents began considering last week whether to keep or abandon the CEO position, which is unique in Georgia. DeKalb is the only county in the state with a CEO in charge of the executive branch of government, separate from a county commission that handles the legislative branch.

The DeKalb Charter Review Commission will release its findings by Dec. 1, 2017, and then it would be up to the Georgia General Assembly whether to enact them.

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About the Author

Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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