Louis points to this short blurb from the AJC…
Brookhaven recently signed a deal with Decatur to handle fire marshal inspections and permitting.
Brookhaven will pay $40 an hour for the service. DeKalb County had handled the work previously, processing about 600 building permits every year. The county will continue to provide fire and rescue services to Brookhaven.
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Interesting approach. Probably a lot cheaper than their usual gambit of hiring private services to do public work. Perhaps Decatur ought to look at whether it can sign up more contract customers for services such as inspections. It might hold down costs for everyone while maintaining the city’s professional staff — an asset places like Brookhaven, Sandy Springs and Dunwoody have sacrificed on the altar of privatization..
In return, we’ll be hiring their arborist.
It doesn’t say anything about Dunwoody. What up?
You say Brookhaven, I say Dunwoody. Toe May Toe, Tuh Mah Toe
All those places should just be lumped into one mega-definition: NotDecatur.
I think you mean: NotDecaturButNotUnincorporatedDekalb.
Ha. I am a giant moron. At least I haven’t f’d up copy/paste yet.
Interesting. I wonder what Brookhaven paid DeKalb County for the one year before the switch, in other words cost saves?