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Commissioners delay vote on proposed limits to county staff support for commissioners’ events after heated debate
Summary
A resolution to limit external‑affairs/DEI staff support for commissioners’ town halls (four staff‑supported events per commissioner; county‑facility weekday requirement for staff‑supported events) sparked extended, partisan debate about access to constituents and staff burden; the board agreed to hold the measure for rewrite and return.
Vice Chair Bob Ellis introduced a resolution that would restrict county external affairs and DEI staff participation in commissioners’ town halls to four externally supported events per commissioner per year and require that any town hall receiving external‑staff support be scheduled on a weekday or weeknight at a Fulton County facility with 30 days’ notice. The proposal also limited…
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