Press Releases

County will hold a webinar for landlords to explain the application process for its Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition program today, Thursday, July 1, at 7 p.m. DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond will participate in the webinar, along with DeKalb County Clerk of State and Magistrate Courts Javoyne Hicks and representatives from Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition program.

DeKalb County will hold a webinar for landlords to explain the application process for its Tenant-Landlord Assistance Coalition program. The webinar will be held Thursday, July 1, at 7 p.m.

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond has extended the five-year-old water service disconnection moratorium for residential water accounts to Sept. 1, 2021. The moratorium was set to expire on July 1. “While the county has addressed the issues that led to the moratorium in 2016, the extension gives customers more time to pay their outstanding bills in full or make payment arrangements,” CEO Thurmond said.

DeKalb County District 5 Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson along with DeKalb County District 7 Commissioner Lorrain Cochran Johnson will host a "Don't Wait, Vaccinate" clinic on Saturday, June 26, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The event will occur at the Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538 Panola Road, Stonecrest, Georgia 30038. The purpose of this event is to continue to encourage citizens to obtain their COVID vaccinations.

DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management (DWM) has released the 2020 Drinking Water Quality Report, also referred to as a Consumer Confidence Report (CCR). DWM continues to surpass all federal and state drinking water quality standards, providing DeKalb County customers with high-quality drinking water.