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COMMUNITY
Charter Commission crowd
gets a civics lesson
B1 JOE EARLE
joeearle@reporternewspapers.net
The standing-room-only crowd who
packed the July 17 meeting of the Dun-
woody Charter Commission was given a
civics lesson.
“I want to explain what this commission
does,” Rep. Tom Taylor told the crowd.
The five-member commission, Taylor
said, could consider only whether to rec
ommend changes to the city’s charter, the
founding document of the city.
It did not take positions on recent con
troversies within the city. Groups of residents
publicly have protested recent city actions,
including the construction of a 12-foot-wide
multi-use trail in Brook Run Park and a plan
to redesign Dunwoody Village Parkway.
“If you’re talking about Dunwoody Vil
lage Parkway [or other controversial issues]
..., you’re in the wrong meeting,” Taylor
told the crowd. “This is strictly lor charter re
view.”
The commission, he said, “is not here to
undo actions of a duly-elected body.”
Taylor also urged the audience “to tone
down the rhetoric.”
A large crowd also attended the char
ter commission meeting two weeks ear
lier, overflowing the conference room in
City Hall where the commission had been
meeting. The size of the crowd convinced
city officials to move the meetings to a
larger room in an office building across a
parking lot from City Hall.
The five commissioners were appoint
ed by the three state legislators who repre
sent Dunwoody, including Taylor; by City
Council; and by the mayor. Each appoint
ed one commissioner. The commission is
studying the charter as the city turns five to
determine whether any tweaks are needed.
The commission makes only recommen
dations. It will report any changes it feels are
needed to state lawmakers. The state Legisla
ture would then consider whether to make
the changes, Taylor said.
Commissioner Robert Wittenstein
criticized unsigned messages he said were
circulating in the community about the
commission’s actions. “I think leadership
matters, and leaders ought to sign their
names,” he said. “This is an awful piece of
trash.”
Crowd members questioned actions by
city officials. Some criticized the commission
for proposing that the charter be amended
to allow the city to take over fire services and
fire taxes from DeKalb County without a
public vote.
“I want to have a say about what hap
pens in our city,” Merry Carmichael told
the commissioners. “If I have to pay, I
want to have a say. It’s as simple as that.
The citizens are being totally ignored, and
this is not acceptable.”
The commission had put a discussion of
the fire services tax on its July 17 agenda, but
did not take up the issue.
The commission next meets July 31.
Dunwoody Government Calendar
The Dunwoody City Council usually meets the second and fourth
Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Dunwoody City Hall located at 41
Perimeter Center East Suite No. 103.
For a complete and up to date schedule of Dunwoody City meetings,
visit http://www.dunwoodyga.gov/Residents/Calendar.aspx
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