The police department has handled 319 cases related to the city’s three strikes housing rule since February.In January, City Council approved a ordinance that added regulations and licensing requirements to rental property owners and tenants. Since...
City Council will appoint a new city manager on Nov. 12 at the City Council meeting.The candidates for the position, named Wednesday, are Rodolfo D. Espiritu, Roger W. Fraser, Anne Marie Gaura, Raymond B. Keller and Susan K. McLaughlin. Former city manager...
After more than nine months of debate, the Irongate of DeKalb Subdivision is becoming a reality.City Council discussed and voted on the development being placed near DeKalb High School on Dresser Road. The item was brought up as a second reading at City...
Greenbrier residents are going to be the only ones able to park on their road starting in several weeks.City Council discussed parking changes during its meeting Monday night. An ordinance for Greenbrier will prohibit parking on the north side of the...
Voorhees Associates, LLC is well into its search timeline to find DeKalb’s new city manager. Candidate reviews and interviews will be held throughout October into early November.It’s been more than four months since Mark Biernacki, DeKalb’s former...
The city is taking steps to improve area safety.DeKalb’s new Crime Free Lease Addendum went into effect April 30. The new ordinance is required by DeKalb’s municipal code to be in every lease and lease extension.“If it’s used correctly, and used...
What started as a blanket vote for more than a dozen resolutions for the city’s budget turned into a two-hour discussion about salary raises, pension funds and DeKalb’s financial future at Monday’s City Council meeting. Twenty resolutions were set...
John Rey will use his new position as mayor to bring the city and its leaders together. Rey said his first goal as mayor will be to build a coalition with the seven aldermen on City Council. He said this will bring the group “together as a team.”...
Tax increment financing (TIF), the city budget and the new city manager are all big topics in the current mayoral race. “I want to see us stay on the strong fiscal path that we’ve been on the last few years,” said Jennifer Groce, mayoral candidate...
Mayoral candidates sat down together on Thursday to answer questions from the public during a forum hosted by the DeKalb County Democrats. “They [voters] are making a very important decision in voting for the next leader of our city,” said mayoral...
The City Council voted on two new Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts and the new liquor code at Monday’s meeting. A TIF district is created to boost redevelopment and to cure blight in an area of need. In order to create funds for this redevelopment,...
