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DeKalb County Board authorizes executive recruiting contract to fill county administrator post
Summary
The board approved a resolution to hire an executive recruiting firm to search for a permanent county administrator; transcript lists the contract amount ambiguously as "26,675 thousand" and the board voted in favor.
The DeKalb County Board voted to authorize a management consultant contract to assist with recruiting a full‑time county administrator.
The resolution (R2025-0806) approved a contract for executive recruiting services described in the meeting materials. The agenda language recorded in the transcript lists a not‑to‑exceed amount in the phrase “26,675 thousand,” which is ambiguous in the meeting record; the board adopted the resolution by roll call.
Board discussion on the item in the transcript was brief; a board member noted typographical errors in the packet language but moved the resolution forward and the clerk recorded a roll-call series of ayes that resulted in adoption. No further contract terms, vendor name or a precise dollar amount were read into the public record during that agenda item in the transcript.
Next steps noted in the meeting materials will be execution of the recruiting contract and initiation of the search process. County staff and the board will be responsible for overseeing the consultant’s search and for returning to the board with candidates and a recommended hire once recruitment is complete.
