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County attorney outlines overhaul of appointments records and process after audit finds 50+ inconsistent boards
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DeKalb County's law department and clerk's office reported to commissioners on a months-long effort to rebuild appointment records, standardize agenda items and reduce confusion across more than 50 boards and commissions.
The DeKalb County law department told commissioners Tuesday it has been rebuilding appointment records and working with central staff and the clerk's office to standardize how boards and commissions are documented and placed on meeting agendas.
Matthew Welch, representing the law department, told the Committee of the Whole that county records were incomplete and inconsistent: some boards had membership lists that the clerk did not possess, other boards maintained lists that did not match county files, and some positions that legally required board confirmation had not been brought to the Board of Commissioners.
"County records simply weren't always provided to the clerks, and so county records were incomplete," Welch said, summarizing the first stages of a corrective program. The stakeholder group hired a…
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