Experts have been named to the 10 committees working to recommend how Brookhaven should operate when it becomes a city later this year.

Among those added to the groups are Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult, who will work with the police committee; Nancy Leathers, the former Fulton County and Sandy Springs planning director who will sit on the planning and code committee; and Joe Palladi, a former Atlanta project manager for the state Department of Transportation, who sits on the public works committee.

For a full list of committees and updates of when committee meetings are announced, visit www.brookhavencommission.com.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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