Press Releases

The Seminole Road Landfill, and the Central and North Transfer Stations will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27, reopening on Friday, Nov. 28, during normal operating hours. The Customer Care call center and administration building will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 27, and Friday Nov. 28, reopening on Monday, Dec. 1, during normal operating hours. For more information, contact the Sanitation Division’s Customer Care team at 404-294-2900 or sanitation@dekalbcountyga.gov, visit www.dekalbsanitation.com, or follow @DKalbSanitation on X (formerly Twitter).

After certifying the Nov. 4 Municipal General/Special Election results, the DeKalb County Board of Registration and Elections (BRE) and DeKalb Voter Registration & Elections (VRE) announce early voting details for the Dec. 2 runoff elections, which will take place Nov. 22–26 at five locations across DeKalb County.

The Board of Ethics will resume its next regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at 178 Sams Street Decatur, GA 30030.

DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson has announced the appointment of Antwyn Brown as Deputy Chief Operating Officer (DCOO) for DeKalb County Government. In this role, Mr. Brown will assist Chief Operating Officer Zachary Williams in overseeing the county’s operational departments and advancing DeKalb’s commitment to efficient, transparent, and customer-focused service delivery.

DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson is organizing a continuum of care to ensure housing and food security as lingering uncertainty over SNAP and future HUD Section 8 fundings continues. Cochran-Johnson is joining metro leaders in urging immediate federal action to prevent a suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding that could disrupt food access for more than 54,000* DeKalb County households, representing approximately 127,000 residents.