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By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com MILTON, Ga. — The Milton City Council extended its moratorium on new businesses engaged in the display and sale of adult video or printed material at its May 16 meeting. The temporary ban, which extends another seven months, also includes stores offering for sale adult instruments, devices, novelties and paraphernalia as defined in the city code. On April 11, the City Council enacted a 30-day moratorium prohibiting the acceptance of any applications for a building permit, land disturbance permit or any other form of regulatory permit approval for adult bookstores. According to city documents, when the moratorium was enacted, staff had recently received an inquiry from a business owner who wanted to know how the city would interpret “a minimum of 25 percent of its stock in trade” regarding adult bookstore items. Officials said this was the first time since the city was incorporated that this question was brought to the attention of city staff, the documents state. During the public hearing portion of the May 16 meeting, City Attor-
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The Milton City Council meets May 16 to discuss extending a moratorium on new adult bookstores for another seven months. The resolution passed unanimously. ney Ken Jarrard said Milton’s zoning code defines an adult bookstore as an establishment or facility licensed to do business in the city that has a minimum of 25 percent of its stock in trade comprised of items such as books, magazines, periodicals, DVDs, CDs, novelties and paraphernalia depicting various specified sexual activities. The moratorium, Jarrard said, will give staff additional time to reconsider the city’s definition of adult bookstores and think about whether the 25 percent limitation is appropriate. The
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moratorium is set to expire Dec. 19, but the City Council has the option to extend it further. “That will be enough time for us to consider this issue, put together something to rework it, bring it back to you for the required number of public hearings and then hopefully have in place a different sort of adult bookstore definition that may be more consistent with what Milton is looking for,” Jarrard said.
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ATLANTA — Declining enrollment and increasing vacancies in elementary and middle school classrooms is prompting Fulton County Schools officials to get creative about how education will look in the future. Enrollment projections for North Fulton schools show more than 9,000 available seats in kindergarten through 8th grade next year, with few signs of growth through the decade. School officials say they hope innovative options for education may draw new families into the region and lure private school students back to public schools. One idea with strong support from administrators are kindergarten through 8th grade academies focused on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). These academies could be located within existing school buildings with infrastructure already in place. In the North Fulton region, one potential opportunity for a K-8 academy is at Holcomb Bridge Middle
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Youth faces charge of shoplifting at store MILTON, Ga. –– A male juvenile was charged May 13 for shoplifting at Walmart on Windward Parkway. A loss prevention officer told police he saw three male suspects on camera in the pharmacy department, and one of the males selected two containers of pre-workout powder. The suspects went to self-checkout registers, and the suspect who had the pre-workout powder scanned a pack of gum but did not scan the pre-workout powder. Loss prevention attempted to apprehend the individual at the exit door but he dropped the items and ran out of the store. Loss prevention obtained the license plate of the vehicle he was driving and contacted the owner of the vehicle, the suspect’s father. Contact information was received for the suspect’s mother, and police arrived at his home to ask him about the shoplifting. Police said the youth admitted to the incident and charged him with theft by shoplifting under $500.
Four girls detained for theft at Walmart MILTON, Ga. –– Four female juveniles were detained and cited for shoplifting May 14 at Walmart on Windward Parkway. Using store video surveillance, an employee with the Asset Protection Office noticed the four huddled around a merchandise display in the early evening. The footage showed the girls placing some of the items into a green bag after discarding the packaging. The four were then seen making their way to the store self-checkout area where they paid
PUBLIC SAFETY for a board game and a snack. They then made their way to the exit where they were stopped. The green bag contained an array of items, mostly cosmetics, with a total value of $148. All four girls were detained until they could transported home by a parent or guardian.
Catalytic converter taken from company vehicle MILTON, Ga. –– An employee of Arrow Exterminators notified police May 16 that a catalytic converter had been stolen from one of the company vans parked outside the business on Main Street. The employee said the 2022 Chevrolet van had sat one the lot undriven for roughly three weeks before the theft was discovered earlier that morning. The company placed the loss and damage to the vehicle at approximately $1,500. Police noted this was not the first case of theft of catalytic converters from vehicles at this location.
Mind discovers business operating under his name MILTON, Ga. –– A Milton man reported to police May 10 that he had been the victim of identity theft after he received several pieces of mail about a recently opened business under his name. The man said his own investigation revealed that someone had used his personal information to found a business, EIN, that included a business checking and savings account with Bank of America. The victim provided police with documents including bank statements and information from the State of Georgia on how to dissolve the business. He said he later learned from state records that the business had been opened under the name of a man residing on Buford Dam Road in Cumming. The victim said he would like police to investigate the matter.
Correction A section of type was accidentally omitted from a Page 1 article of the May 19 Milton Herald. The story involved efforts by some members of the White Columns neighborhood to receive city assistance in expanding use of traffic calming devices within its subdivision. Milton’s Traffic Calming program allows subdivisions to apply for city funding to help share costs of installing devices like radar signs. Here is how the section should have read: Public Works Director Sara Leaders said that in the past decade, the city has reached similar agreements with eight neighborhoods on traffic calming measures, most of them for additional speed tables. However, Leaders said, the White Columns Homeowners Association had recently installed four signs in the golf section of their 440-plus residence community, so, had the agreement been approved on May 2, the city would have paid $6,853 for them to install four additional signs. The homeowners association would have then covered the remainder of the costs and upgrades.
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Kemp rallies in Alpharetta to bolster primary support By JAKE DRUKMAN jake@appenmedia.com ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The afternoon heat didn’t stop a strong crowd from forming outside Chiringa in downtown Alpharetta May 17 for a rally with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. A crowd of around 200 stood in the sun and cheered for the governor as he spoke on his record of fighting Democratic initiatives, reopening the state amid the pandemic and keeping law enforcement highly funded. Kemp was joined by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who praised Kemp’s legislative history. The rally, which ran just over 20 minutes, was part of a final push by Kemp to fire up his supporters ahead of the May 24 primary. Kemp has held a firm polling lead against former Sen. David Perdue, his strongest Republican opponent, since the former senator first launched his campaign. Despite his solid polling, Kemp still runs the risk of having to fund a runoff campaign if he doesn’t beat Perdue outright next Tuesday by achieving more than 50 percent of the Republican vote. Christie stressed the importance of ending the primary race without a runoff before Kemp came up to speak. He said strong support for Kemp on May 24 would give Republicans the best chance to win the November general election against Democrat candidate Stacey Abrams.
Christie said the sooner Kemp won the primary, the sooner he could “aim his sights” at national Democratic leadership like President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Brian Kemp is the only thing standing in between Georgia and having Stacey Abrams as your governor,” Christie said. “We don’t want that, do we? He’s tough, he’s smart, he’s strong, he’s loyal.” Alpharetta Mayor Pro Tem Dan Merkel also spoke on Kemp’s behalf as the rally began. Kemp said Merkel has been a long-time friend. Fulton County Commissioner Bob Ellis and Forsyth County Commissioner Todd Levent were also at the event supporting the governor. The governor thanked Lauren LeNoir, Chiringa’s general manager, for accommodating the rally. He used Chiringa as an example of a small business he helped survive by easing pandemic restrictions in the state. He said that while national media organizations and political opponents criticized his actions, small business owners thanked him for the move. “When I reopened the economy, I just simply gave Lauren the opportunity to live to fight another day,” Kemp said. “I’ve had so many small business people who’ve said, ‘You saved our business.’ I’ll tell them, ‘No I did not. You saved your business. I just didn’t
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Alpharetta names sole finalist for city administrator position ALPHARETTA, Ga. — The City of Alpharetta has named Chris Lagerbloom as the sole finalist for the position of city administrator. If appointed, Lagerbloom will replace current City Administrator Bob Regus, who has held the position for more than 20 years. Regus is set to retire June 30. Lagerbloom served as the City of Milton’s first police and fire chief before becoming the city’s interim city manager in 2007 and permanent city manager in 2009. Under his management, Milton was awarded numerous awards including best quality of life in Georgia and being named one of America’s 100 safest cities. Lagerbloom developed a service delivery model focusing on public-private
partnerships that allowed Milton to increase services and increase financial savings, according to a statement issued by the City of Alpharetta. Lagerbloom, an alum of Georgia State University and Columbus State University, now serves as city manager of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He joined as assistant city manager in 2016 and ascended to his current role in 2019. He has spearheaded improvements to sustainable development and water and sewer infrastructure during his time in Fort Lauderdale. The Alpharetta City Council will not take a final vote on the appointment until at least May 31. — Jake Drukman
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Taste of Alpharetta draws thousands By TIFFANY MORGAN newsroom@appennmedia.com ALPHARETA, Ga. –– A tease of summer breeze sifted through the evening crowd downtown May 12 for the 30th annual Taste of Alpharetta. The cacophony of people and chatter overflowed onto the streets surrounding City Center. More than 60 local restaurants participated in the annual event that regularly draws teens of thousands to downtown. With smiles and wholesome food at the ready, visitors wandered to the booth of their choice to sample a variety of bold food selections. The tasting offered everything from sizzling burgers to rich custard, smoked BBQ, bagels and scores of other delicacies. John Lamb, owner of Bagel Boys, said
he was excited to be back in downtown and interact with the community in a special way. Lamb has three Bagel Boys locations, and he said not only does “Alpharetta rock” but the community members make it even more worthwhile. Alongside restaurant booths, law enforcement had barbeque and information on recruitments for those interested. Officer Chris Benfield said it’s his first year managing the social media and lead recruiter branch for the department. Benfield decided being a part of Taste this year would allow more of a presence for the department. “We wanted to recruit because we do need more applicants, but also it’s a good way to show off the city,” Benfield said. “We’re looking at the interaction with the public that most people don’t get with the police, fire department or 911 operators.”
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Crowds continued to wander the streets and sidewalks into the evening hours.
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Schools: Continued from Page 1 School in Roswell. “The addition of K-8 academies to our portfolio of schools will add a high quality choice for our parents,” said Cliff Jones, chief academic officer for Fulton County Schools. “We know [this model] is an approach that improves student achievement and also fits within our overall commitment to the middle school redesign.” The idea is not new for the district. Two years ago, district officials recommended closing a low-enrollment elementary school and re-opening it as a K-8 academy in the South Fulton region. The community and ultimately the Fulton School Board rejected the model, citing the promise that a new elementary school would be built in the community. Today, armed with more data and increasing community interest, especially in the North Fulton region, district officials are now committed to the concept. “This effort aims to create schools with intentionally focused academics, stronger relationships both in the school and outside the building and with a greater sense of belonging for our students, for our families and for our staff,” Jones said during a recent meeting of the Fulton County Board of Education.
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The K-8 academy format has long been the preferred model for private schools and charter schools. In North Fulton, both Amana Academy and FAST (Fulton Academy of Science and Technology) district charter schools offer kindergarten through eighth grade in the same facility. The opening last year of Innovation Academy in downtown Alpharetta by the Fulton County School System provides the natural “feeder” high school for students at FAST to have the STEAM curriculum from kindergarten through graduation. Jones said the goal is to provide that educational option for all students in the district. He noted superintendent Mike Looney has also been a strong advocate for K-8 academies since coming to the district in 2019.
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Fulton County Schools official makes case for K-8 academies Fulton County Schools Chief Academic Officer Cliff Jones cited a growing body of research on K-8 academies and the “positive outcomes” for students and staff. This includes: • Increased student academic achievement. Students in a K-8 model outperform their peers, especially in math, and repost higher levels of self-esteem and academic confidence. • Increased attendance rate. The K-8 structure provides more stability and continuity for students, parents and teachers by providing a more “secure social foundation.” • Increased leadership opportunities and participation in extracurricular activities. Jones noted this results in fewer behavioral problems, including decreased incidences of bullying, because students feel more connected to the school community. • Increased graduation rates. Students involved in K-8 academies consistently graduate high school at higher rates than their peers in traditional schools. “The K-8 research is clear,” Jones said, during his presentation to the Fulton Board of Education this month. “It’s good for student academic achievement, for maintaining community connections, for teacher morale, and for building deeper connections with their peers.” The Fulton Schools’ capital program for the next five years is looking at converting Holcomb Bridge middle school into a K-8 academy and leaving underpopulated Haynes Bridge Middle as is for the time being. The other option is to replace both schools with one new middle school and redraw attendance zones. Jones noted the wait list to enroll in area charter schools shows parents support the concept K-8 academy concept. “Fulton Schools has an opportunity to solve one of the biggest hindrances for districts that need a [conversation] about our capital and facility plan,” Jones said. “We have wait lists at our K-8 charters…and parents who are asking for this model.” Fulton County Schools officials are hosting a series of community forums in the coming months on the district’s capital plans through 2027. The issue of K-8 academies, as well as redistricting, will be the focus of these discussions.
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Wellstar building cancer treatment destination Healthcare system invests $10 million in Roswell facility By CHAMIAN CRUZ chamian@appenmedia.com ROSWELL, Ga. — Wellstar North Fulton Hospital is investing approximately $10 million to expand its cancer center program over the next year. Jon-Paul Croom, president of Wellstar North Fulton Hospital, says the fully comprehensive cancer center will house surgical, medical and radiation oncology, and an approximately $6 million CyberKnife system to treat everything from brain tumors and prostate cancers to lung cancers. CyberKnife technology, a noninvasive option for surgically complex or inoperable tumors that enables the radiation oncologist to deliver targeted, high doses of radiation, requires no anesthesia, hospitalization or lengthy recovery period. Wellstar North Fulton’s sister facility, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, is currently the only program in Atlanta that offers patients with this capability. Up till now, patients have had to wait up to four weeks to get on the Cyberknife machine. Dr. Mark McLaughlin, a radiation oncologist who is spearheading the expansion, said anywhere from 10 to 15 patients a week are transferred to the Kennestone location from North Fulton to have their radiation treatment. “They’re either outpatients who
live in the Roswell, Alpharetta area, or they’re in-patients who have to be transferred from one hospital to the other to get radiation because they’re so sick,” McLaughlin said. “Our expectation is, once we get situated here and have full-time staff, that is going to grow incrementally.” McLaughlin has been at Wellstar North Fulton for about three and a-half years and with the Wellstar system since 2005. Before that, he worked at the Mayo Clinic for nearly 14 years but came back to take care of his parents when they had cancer. Having been on both sides, McLaughlin said he hopes Wellstar North Fulton can become a “cancer destination” for the community. “When my parents were diagnosed with cancer, I remember I had to go to one building, to another, to another,” McLaughlin said. “It wasn’t all concrete. At North Fulton, our goal is to have everything together, so the patient can come to one destination and meet multiple physicians. It promotes efficiency, quicker care and better communication.” Croom said this will all complement Wellstar North Fulton’s STAT Clinics, which is one of the things that makes its cancer services so unique. The STAT Clinics bring multiple cancer experts, including medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, cancer surgeons and other specialists, to collaborate and offer a personalized treatment plan. As a result, patients and their families are able to ask questions, make decisions and start treatment sooner. “This is something that’s been offered here for a while but will become
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on the ground floor of the 4500 building to include a vault with thick walls to contain the radiation during treatment using the CyberKnife machine. “Our cancer center will be both in the existing building and the new building that will be attached to that,” Croom said. “… So, we’re really taking a step beyond what’s being offered here and adding more to the excellent care already being offered in the Roswell, Alpharetta area.” Croom said the expansion is expected to add 20 or so jobs, with more to come as the cancer center grows. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new cancer center, which will serve as Wellstar North Fulton’s official announcement, has been scheduled for Wednesday of this week.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Alpharetta’s beloved beer festival Brew Moon Fest is coming back to downtown June 4, and you can reserve your tickets and tables now. The event will run from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Title sponsor Jekyll Brewing will provide a variety of their brews, and patrons can also buy wine and food from other vendors. Platinum Band Atlanta will provide music for the crowd. “Brew Moon is all about celebrating the fun and festive side of life with a big party band, Jekyll beer and dancing in the street,” Alpharetta Business Association Board Member Tracy Morton said. “After a successful return last fall, we’re ready to host this fantastic street party again and make it even bigger and better.” Single tickets are $20. Tables of six cost $180, and the price includes admission.Tables are expected to sell out quickly, and can be reserved at AlpharettaBusinessAssociation.com. All purchases at the festival must be made by credit card.
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Earl Mansell: A man of his time the first property owners in the area to Earl Mansell (1910price his property on Highway 9 by the 2002) was no ordifront foot, not its acreage. He was one of nary farmer. Sure, he the first in North Fulton to use a 1031 raised cotton, corn exchange of property to defer taxes. (The and a lot of other Internal Revenue Code, Section 1031, crops. He had cows, allows “like-kind” real property exchange chickens, hogs and for tax deferral purposes). Earl bought and some mules like most folks around here, but sold numerous properties in his lifetime. Lillian was born to James Wright Shirhe also had an astute business mind and ley and Dora Strickland Shirley and was BOB MEYERS was a tough negoraised on a farm with nine siblings where Lake Windward in Alpharetta is today. tiator when the need She was described as strong, upright and arose. He and his wife tender. She did not hesitate to disagree Lillian Shirley Mansell (1911-2002) were with Earl who had strong views about a perfect team. Earl tended to the crops, what was wrong with the world. Lillian fruit trees, animals, equipment and did attended A&M High School in Monroe, the business deals. Lillian also worked in the closest to home. She went on fields, was an accomplished to obtain a degree in educacook and could put just about any crop from the summer tion from Young Harris College bounty into a Mason jar. They and began teaching at Warsaw were a power-couple in their School in Johns Creek, then time. at a school in Webb, Georgia, Earl was born and raised and finally at Northwestern in a Victorian farmhouse built Elementary School in Crain 1910 by his father Robert bapple. She rented a room in Henry Mansell for his wife the Queen Ann style house Maude Dorris Mansell and in downtown Crabapple that their five children on his 700today houses Indigo Home and acre farm on Highway 9 (then Design. She stopped teaching Highway 19). Circa 1948, in 1935 when she and Earl Robert and Maude divided the were married because married land among their children, women at that time were not and Earl and Lillian moved MANSELL FAMILY/PROVIDED allowed to teach. into the house on Mansell Earl and Lillian had four Earl and Lillian ManRoad. The farm eventually sons, Bob, a retired professor sell portrait. Date totaled 180 acres plus adof soil physics at the Univerunknown. ditional acreage Earl rented sity of Florida; Barry, a retired from local farmers Claude Ingram, Turner executive with Bell South; Mark, owner of Perkins and Jason Mathews. Years later, Mansell Home and Garden Center for 18 in 1981, the main portion of the farm years, now deceased; and Denny, a special on Mansell Road was sold to furniture needs person, now deceased. The family manufacturer Herman Miller, while Earl was very active in the Lebanon Baptist retained his other property on Highway Church in Roswell which dates back to 9. The farmhouse was moved to Wills 1836. Park where the Mansell House serves as The main cash crop throughout the the headquarters of the Alpharetta and years was cotton which Earl raised on Old Milton County Historical Society and 20 acres through good times and bad. as a special event facility. Today, the old Not even the boll weevil stopped him. He farm property is home to a Hennessy reaped two or two and a-half bales per Porsche dealership. The Mansell name is acre from the 1930s to the early 1960s, on numerous roads, developments, and stopping only when he could not hire buildings today thanks to Earl’s negotiatpeople to pick the crop. He hired five or six high school boys to cut, bale and store ing skills and the high respect people had hay every summer, and he had one tenant for him. farmer family throughout his farming caEarl attended a one-room multi-grade school near the Greenlawn Cemetery in reer. Earl paid his tenants fairly, but they, Roswell but did not finish high-school like everyone else on the farm worked because he had too many responsibilihard six days a week, with time off only on Sunday mornings to go to church. ties on the family farm. According to son The Mansells represented the right Barry, Earl was a successful farmer with way to live: honesty, hard work and rea gift for mathematics, but his real talent was property. spect for one’s neighbors. “He had a better idea than anyone else who might want a piece of property and Bob is the Milton Historical Society what he could do with it.” Director Emeritus. You can email him at According to Barry, Earl was one of bobmey@bellsouth.net.
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Sometimes in life, it pays to be the little guy It pays to be the little guy. At least, that’s how some officials may have felt this year as federal coronavirus aid hit city coffers. Part of the American Rescue Plan Act signed March 2021, CARL APPEN Director of Content, Development the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscarl@appenmedia.com cal Recovery Funds program allocates $350 billion to aid local, state and Tribal governments as they respond to COVID-19. How exactly the funds are distributed will leave some Metro Atlanta cities better off than others. In all, $45.6 billion is earmarked for metropolitan cities, which ARPA essentially defines as a city with more than 50,000 residents. The Act allocates these funds in a way similar to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s longstanding Community Development Block Grant program. The CDBG formula calculates an area’s need for federal aid using variables like housing availability, poverty level and population growth rate. The U.S. Treasury then gives the amount directly to each city. Another $19.5 billion is allocated for smaller municipalities. These cities are in a category called non-entitlement units (NEUs) and receive funds indirectly. The federal government pays two lump sums to each state, which is then responsible for distributing them among their NEUs on a simple, standard per-capita basis. You take the state’s population, subtract the number of people in its metropolitan cities and then divide the NEU allocation by that amount. There are about 2.3 million residents of NEUs in Georgia, and their respective local governments will split $862 million.
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So how did that shake out for Metro Atlanta cities? The City of Milton has a population of 40,000. Its 2022 general fund, the budget of core administrative and operational tasks, is $34.8 million. It expects to see $14.7 million in federal aid. For context, in 2018 Milton paid $4.5 million for the 130 acres now known as Milton City Park and Preserve. To its southwest is Roswell, with 92,000 people and an annual budget of $82 million. Twice the size of Milton and notably less affluent, Roswell will receive about $11.3 million from ARPA. Johns Creek has 85,000 people and a $62 million budget. Its ARPA allocation? $7 million, half what Milton is receiving.
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Alpharetta has a budget of $66 million to serve 65,000 residents next year. It seems to have gotten the shortest end of the stick, standing to collect about $6.6 million in coronavirus aid. So, what sets Milton apart from Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Roswell? It has fewer than 50,000 residents and, luckily for Mayor Peyton Jamison and the vacant finance director position, it is not classified a metropolitan city. The luckiest officials, though, will be Mayor Lynn Deutsch and the Dunwoody City Council. I’ll give you the number first. Dunwoody is scheduled to receive $18.4 million in federal aid from the ARP Act. The city’s 2022 general fund clocks in around $28 million. Of that amount, $2.5 million will come from the city’s reserves. Another $8 million will come from things like alcohol permits and fees power companies pay to use city property. By the end of the year Dunwoody will have made more from ARPA than it will from business and occupational taxes, property taxes and the municipal court. But they get luckier still. When ARPA’s initial guidelines were released May 2021, the only full, publicly available Census data was from 2019. Statewide numbers for 2020 had been released but not yet broken down by city and county. To avoid confusion, the Treasury determined that it would only use the 2019 data. In the 2019 Census, Dunwoody’s population is listed as 49,731. In 2020, it’s 51,683. Whew!
Aren’t there rules?
Just like with the CARES Act, ARPA funding comes with restrictions about how, and when, you can use it. According to ARPA’s Final Rule, the money can
only be used to: • Replace lost public sector revenue • Support the COVID-19 public health and economic response • Provide premium pay for eligible workers performing essential work • Invest in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure There is a deadline for spending the money or you risk losing it. According to the Treasury, “costs must be obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026.” As with the CARES Act and TSPLOST, and a few bond referendums, some Metro Atlanta cities are using inventive interpretations of what those instructions mean. So, I guess it depends on who you ask. Last month, the Dunwoody City Council voted to create an “ARP 2” fund and promptly deposited $10 million into it. The purpose stated in the meeting and explicitly on the city’s website was that the action “would allow that $10 million to be used for the same intent as the original funding, but it would remove federal requirements and time frames from the spending.” My prediction is that over the next few years there will be even more greenspace acquisitions than we expected. We’ll see a cabal of consultants sign contracts with our cities to administer ARPA funds, just as we will with TSPLOST II. Then we’ll watch those dollars quickly dissipate into general and capital funds, implicitly bound for projects that may or may not line up with their intended uses. Lastly, we may find some familial bitterness from sister cities who didn’t make out as well as others. Take it from the youngest of three, sometimes it does pay to be the little guy.
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The Georgia governor’s race has become one of many elections across the country that have carved a rift in the Republican Party. The schism has divided officials who have backed former President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread election fraud in 2020 like Perdue, and those who have dismissed the fraud claims like Kemp. After Perdue failed to avoid a runoff to retain his Senate seat in the 2020 election, he issued a statement urging Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to resign. Days after announcing his candidacy for governor, Perdue filed a lawsuit seeking to examine 2020 absentee ballots out of Fulton County to prove there
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had been fraud. A state judge dismissed the suit last week. Perdue’s backing of Trump earned him the former president’s endorsement in the race. Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., have both joined Perdue for campaign stops in Georgia in recent months. Despite the Trump family’s backing, Perdue has consistently trailed Kemp in polls throughout his campaign. Mike Pence, Trump’s former Vice President, broke with Trump late last week when he announced he would campaign with Kemp on May 23, the eve of the primary. Pence has previously criticized Trump for his comments regarding the 2020 election. Though polling has consistently shown them as the clear frontrunners, Kemp and Perdue are not the only Republicans running for governor. Three other Republicans, including Kandiss Taylor, Tom Williams and Catherine Davis, have also qualified for the seat. Of the three, Taylor has polled the highest. Though Perdue seems unlikely to win the nomination outright, if Kemp fails to receive half the vote on May 24, Perdue will have the opportunity to win over supporters from Taylor in the runoff. Taylor has also backed Trump’s election fraud claims.
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Moratorium: Continued from Page 1 At the meeting, Steve Strong, of Dunwoody, said he is a licensed professional engineer and executive in the electronics industry looking to exit the large corporate world and start a small business. He said his proposed business would be a “small, upscale, welcoming specialty boutique” in the Watercrest Village barely in Milton but surrounded by Alpharetta. Strong said the only portion of the resolution that applies to his proposed business pertains to pleasure products. “The way I like to describe the business in question is it’s Victoria’s Secret meets CVS,” Strong said. “Presents as a very upscale lingerie boutique with approximately 80 percent of the store being comprised of apparel, including lingerie – men and women – and a substantially smaller portion less than 20 percent being the products in question as part of this resolution.” CVS in Milton, Strong said, already has “a pretty impressive display” of the products in question open to everyone who walks through the store regardless of age. He said his store would only be open to customers 18 and over. “This is not something new to the City of Milton,” Strong said. “It’s already been sold and is being sold. … What is new is the fact that I’m trying to meet a perceived market need. It is something truly unique in the City of Atlanta, and I would dare say unique
in the State of Georgia.” Strong said it would be the store’s number one priority to not be considered an adult bookstore or any other form of sexually oriented business, “because we do present as that specialty upscale boutique with highly trained staff.” “They receive continuing education on a monthly basis, and we are there quite simply to help fulfill a market need to help couples of all kinds enhance their romantic lives,” Strong said. Without any further discussion, Councilwoman Carol Cookerly moved to approve the resolution extending the moratorium, which was seconded by Councilman Paul Moore. It passed unanimously, with council members Andrea Verhoff, Jan Jacobus and Rick Mohrig absent. In other business at the May 16 meeting, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution authorizing a onetime payment for eligible city employees using funds received under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The city received the first half of the funds on July 19, 2021, and is set to receive the remaining $7,391,612 in the coming months. Of that amount, $638,800 will be appropriated to provide premium pay to full- and parttime staff who made less than $88,650 a year and worked in-person for the City of Milton between March 17, 2020, and March 22, 2021. They must still be actively working with the city. The resolution states eligible sworn police officers and firefighters will receive a one-time, lump sum payment
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of $600 per-month-worked during the eligible time period while all non-sworn personnel will receive a one-time, lump sum payment of $200 per-monthworked. Part-time personnel will be pro-rata based on hours worked. City Hall will be closed for Memorial Day. The next City Council meeting is slated for June 6 at 6 p.m.
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