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DeKalb commissioners push for standby dial‑in option; county attorney says state law limits remote attendance
Summary
Presiding officer Michelle Long Spears told the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 25, 2025, that repeated email outages, slow dais computers and a recent Zoom‑bomb had disrupted county business and prompted a request that a telephone “bridge” line be kept on standby for all public meetings so an absent commissioner could dial in when needed.
Presiding officer Michelle Long Spears told the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 25, 2025, that repeated email outages, slow dais computers and a recent Zoom‑bomb had disrupted county business and prompted a request that a telephone “bridge” line be kept on standby for all public meetings so an absent commissioner could dial in when needed.
The board’s county attorney, Vivian, told commissioners that remote participation outside of specific exceptions is governed by state law and by the end of the pandemic the governor’s emergency executive order that had allowed remote meetings expired. “What we’re dealing with is an operation of state law,” she said, noting that the COVID‑era executive order issued by Governor Kemp had temporarily changed the rules for remote meetings.
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