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DeKalb County Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson recently announced a Legislative Town Hall meeting with DeKalb County Legislators scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 24, at Lou Walker Senior Center, 2538 Panola Road, Stonecrest, Ga. 30038 at 6:30 p.m. This is the first town hall meeting hosted by the District 5 office for 2023. The purpose of the town hall meeting is to discuss legislative initiatives and priorities for the 2023 Legislative Session.

Commissioner Steve Bradshaw will provide the keynote address at the graduation celebration honoring DUI Court Program graduates on Jan. 19, 2023. The graduation program starts at 3:00 p.m. at 3630 Camp Circle, Courthouse Complex, Courtroom B-11. “The DeKalb County DUI Court Program was started by Judge Alvin T. Wong and Judge Tony DelCampo and accepted the first participant in October 2004,” said Judge Kimberly Anderson.

Commissioner Steve Bradshaw will host three community information meetings to review DeKalb County’s proposed 2023 Budget. T.J. Siegler, Director, Office of Management and Budget will be on hand to present and answer questions. “As the newly appointed Chair of the Finance, Audit and Budget (FAB) Committee,” said Commissioner Bradshaw. “I believe it is a good exercise to hold community meetings across the county affording constituents an opportunity to engage in the budget process.”

DeKalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson allocated $10,000 in 2022 to the Atlanta Community Food Bank to support three Soldiers’ Angels mobile food distributions for Veterans, two of which have already taken place in September and October 2022. The third mobile food distribution will take place Friday, Jan. 27, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Atlanta VA Arcadia Clinic, 250 North Arcadia Avenue, Decatur, Ga. 30030.

“DeKalb County Government offers its thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery for the Georgia State Patrol officer shot today in DeKalb County. “DeKalb County will continue to cooperate with and provide support to the multijurisdictional law enforcement task force charged with maintaining peace and security.”