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Feb. 28 marked “Crossover Day” in the Georgia General Assembly. This wasthe last day bills could “cross over” from one chamber to the other andstill have a clear path to becoming law this legislative session. Below areupdates on some of the key bills we have been monitoring:
HB is a bill sponsored by Rep. Beth Beskin (R-Atlanta) related to property taxexemptions and deferral. The bill goes to the Senate and if adopted, wouldallow voters the opportunity to approve a new homestead exemption from advalorem taxes for municipal purposes. It also would exempt COA from therequirement to publish tax increases. We were successful in carving outAtlanta Public Schools from the bill and will continue to monitor to ensurethe school system does not get added in the Senate.
HB andHB , both sponsored by Rep. Roger Bruce (D-Atlanta), passed the House and arein the Senate’s State and Local Government Operations Committee. These twobills are identical to bills the governor vetoed last year relating toFulton Industrial annexing into the new City of South Fulton.
Here are a few other bills to note:
House Passes Amended Fiscal Year Budget
The House passed the Amended Fiscal Year (AFY) budgeton Monday, agreeing to adjustments made to the Senateversion of the Georgia Department of Education
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When City Attorney Wendell Willard retired on July 1, Sandy Springs lost more than its familiar legal voice. He played a key role in the city’s incorporation, which sparked metro Atlanta’s cityhood trend, and was an influential advocate for the city in his dual role as a local state representative.
In a recent interview at his Roswell Road office near City Hall, Willard recalled how the job of shepherding the cityhood bill became a mission to protect Sandy Springs’ public-private partnership model of government – with more than a few notable legal cases along the way.
“I’ve enjoyed working to put it together. I’d also be interested in making it work,” Willard recalled telling the city’s founding mayor, the late Eva Galambos, when she asked him to serve as the first – and until this month, the only – city attorney.
City Councilmember Tibby DeJulio, another of the city’s founding officials, said Willard has been a key keeper of the flame on the public-private model, where most city departments are outsourced through competitive bidding.
“Sandy Springs was supposed to be a different type of city,” DeJulio said. “Wendell was a huge help in guiding us in that direction and keeping us focused on that vision.”
However, when Willard first got involved in the cityhood movement