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DeKalb commissioners defer vote 30 days on proposed environmental justice and sustainability advisory group
Summary
Commissioner Terry presented a revised draft resolution to establish a resident advisory group on environmental justice and clean transportation; commissioners asked for administrative review and the measure was deferred 30 days for administration feedback.
The DeKalb County Public Works and Infrastructure Committee voted to defer action for 30 days on a resolution to create an Environmental Justice and Sustainability Resident Advisory Group, asking the county administration to review the red-line revisions that were distributed at the meeting.
Commissioner Terry presented the revised draft and walked the committee through edits, which removed an explicit reference to a former president in the whereas clauses, narrowed the resolution's dissemination language so the advisory group would not be positioned to "do the work" for departments, and clarified the group's scope to include clean energy, transportation and clean technology. The draft sets membership rules: nine voting…
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