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and that everybody in the county can
use is just irritating,” Davis said.
Riley said Brookhaven’s parks services
were paid for through a special tax dis
trict that is no longer charged to resi
dents, now that the city has incorporat
ed.
Gebbia said the $525,000 month
ly charge for police is “$500,000 more
than I would like.”
Riley said initial estimates were
around $800,000 a month.
“It’s not worth fighting over the
$500,000,” Riley said. “It’s a number we
can afford and they can deal with.”
Chris Pike, a financial consultant for
the city who also works as Dunwoody’s
finance director, told the council he felt
that was a fair number.
Dunwoody paid $450,000 a month
in 2008 for temporary police services
from DeKalb.
Pike said accounting for inflation, as
well as Brookhaven’s larger population
and higher crime rate, a monthly charge
of $525,000 is appropriate.
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DeKalb agrees on temporary
deal for fire, park services
BY MELISSA WEINMAN
melissaweinman@reporternewspapers.net
Brookhaven is close to signing agree
ments with DeKalb County for tempo
rary police and parks services.
During a Brookhaven City Council
work session March 12, City Manag
er Marie Garrett told council members
that DeKalb County has agreed to con
tinue parks and recreation services for
the city over a period of 11 months at a
cost of $400,000.
Interim City Attorney Bill Riley
said he negotiated a $525,000 monthly
charge for DeKalb police services.
Riley said the intergovernmen
tal agreement calls for the county’s po
lice coverage to end June 30. In July,
Brookhaven’s own police department
will take over.
After council members expressed dis
appointment at the figures, Riley and
Garrett said the county initially asked
for more money for the services.
Mayor J. Max Davis said he doesn’t
like that the county will continue to
provide things like library and fire ser
vices at no additional cost.
“The fact that we’re being charged
to use parks we’ve already paid taxes for
- J. MAX DAVIS
BROOKHAVEN MAYOR
“The fact that we’re being
charged to use parks we’ve
already paid taxes for and
that everybody in the
county can use is
just irritating”
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