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Public speakers and council debate more staffing and funding for ACRB; ordinance to add inspector posts held for follow-up
Summary
Public commenters and the Atlanta Finance and Executive Committee urged added investigators and funding for the ACRB; the committee received an ordinance to add four inspector positions but voted to hold the proposal pending further HR and finance review.
Retired and current ACRB members urged the City of Atlanta Finance and Executive Committee on Jan. 29 to increase funding and investigative staff for the ACRB, and the committee agreed to hold an ordinance that would add four inspector positions while administration and committees complete follow-up work.
Several public commenters told the committee the ACRB has operated with limited staff while handling hundreds of cases. Cecilia Houston Torrance, who said she is a retired community involvement officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, said the ACRB “has investigated nearly 700 complaints since 02/8” and described the office as historically understaffed. Sherice Johnson, who said she served as an initial member of the reconstituted ACRB, said the agency “had no office, we had no staff, no…
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