New Public Safety Facility Will Help Lake, Rural Communities
DeKalb County plans to build a public safety building near Center Hill Dam to meet the demand for quicker emergency service response times. County Mayor Matt Adcock said the Wolf Creek Public Safety Building will be placed at the entrance of the dam. Adcock said the building will allow emergency services to address safety risks […]
DeKalb Requesting 3 Specific Cost Estimates For Jail Project
DeKalb County Commissioners voted Monday night to get three cost estimates for jail upgrades. The commission initially looked at receiving a cost estimate for just upgrading the current jail. The second price will include building a new jail by purchasing adjacent property the current location. The third option, purchasing property and building at a new […]
DeKalb School Board, Commissioners Discussing Options For New Schools
The DeKalb County Board of Education and Dekalb County Commission took a first step at trying to answer facility needs for the school system during a joint meeting Tuesday. Though the meeting was scheduled to talk about an elementary school, Director Of Schools Patrick Cripps said other facility needs are growing. County Commissioners pointed to […]
DeKalb Commissioners Increasing Opportunity, Privacy Of Public Comments
The DeKalb County Commission will allow the public more opportunities to be heard with a change to commission procedure. Commissioner Tom Chandler said public comments should come at the end of the commission’s work sessions and at the beginning of their normal meetings, the opposite of what they currently do. “That would allow people to […]
DeKalb Approves Funding Requests For Anti-Drug Programs
DeKalb County Commissioners approved the additional funding of four anti-drug programs during their Monday meeting. The funds will be split between the local sheriff’s DARE program, the Youth and Family Resource Network, the DeKalb Prevention Coalition, and the Recovery Court Program. County Mayor Matt Adcock said the funding requests totaled just over $145,000. “The state […]
