From Decatur PD…

The City of Decatur Police Department is participating in another Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This is a great event for those who missed the previous events or who have accumulated unwanted, unused or expired prescription drugs in order to safely dispose of them.

In the past five Take-Back events, law enforcement agencies across the United States removed more than 2.8 million pounds (1,409 tons) of prescription medications from circulation.

If you would like to dispose of any unwanted, unused or expired prescription drugs, please bring them to the Decatur Police Department between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 26, 2013. The Decatur Police Department is located at 250 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite T-130 Decatur, Ga. 30030. The collection site will be in front of the main entrance to the building off of East Ponce De Leon Avenue. If you have any questions, please contact Capt. Richards at (404) 373-6551.

At last night’s meeting, the Decatur City Commission agreed to add an agenda item to the October 22nd meeting that would entertain a moratorium on single family home demolition and tree removal (in excess of 12-inches at chest height) from October 22nd to January 24th.

The mayor pointed out that the city commission doesn’t normally give so much notice on an action item, but “…we did it tonight because this is stepping way out of our normal range of options.”  He also noted that the moratorium was needed to limit an extended flurry of activity surrounding these two actions between now and the first stage of the Unified Development Code is set to be completed in January.

City Manager Peggy Merriss said that the details of the moratorium would be available for viewing by the end of the week.

Proponents on both sides of the issue showed up to state their positions on the subject.  Decaturish has a good report of how things played out.