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DeKalb County operations committee begins line-by-line review of standing procedural rules

5906949 · October 7, 2025
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Summary

The County Operations Committee introduced a consolidated spreadsheet of proposed edits to the county's "Blue Book" standing procedural rules and scheduled follow-up reviews with the law department, aiming for committee-level consensus before a full Board vote.

Commissioner Marita Davis Johnson, chair of the County Operations Committee, opened a status update on a planned, line-by-line review of DeKalb County’s standing procedural rules, commonly referred to as the “Blue Book.” She told the committee staff had prepared a consolidated spreadsheet of commissioner comments and that the law department is reviewing the suggested changes.

The spreadsheet, presented by a staff member identified in the meeting as John, lays out each rule’s original language alongside columns with each district’s comments and proposed changes. "This spreadsheet is something that central staff developed to help go through the standing procedural rules," John said as he introduced the document. The…

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