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Talks follow complaints of mishandling public documents, exchanges
MARTA selects interim director to come aboard as full-time CEO
By LUKE GARDNER newsroom@appenmedia.com
By DAVE WILLIAMS Capitol Beat
DUNWOODY, Ga. — Dunwoody city officials are weighing adopting a technology policy designed to increase transparency in government communications The policy would require city employees to only use city email addresses and phones to conduct city business, which is standard practice in many government organizations. Mayor Lynn Deutsch noted that she used her personal cellphone to discuss city business for nearly a decade until an open records request had her spending hours trying to find messages. The discussion came at the Oct. 24 City Council meeting and coincidentally followed public comment from resident Joe Hirsch, who lodged a series of complaints about trying to gain access to public records. Hirsch, a former City Council candidate, referenced an incident months ago in which he says he requested the text messages of City Manager Eric Litton and was told that the messages were no longer retrievable after Litton recently switched phones.
ATLANTA — The MARTA executive who has been serving as interim general manager and CEO since January has been named to the post permanently. The transit agency’s board GREENWOOD of directors chose Collie Greenwood Oct. 27 to head MARTA following a nationwide search. “I am honored and humbled by this opportunity,” Greenwood said. “I love transit and have known since my days of driving a bus how vital it is to people and their communities. “I am eager to get to work enhanc-
City weighs communications policy
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Dunwoody officials may adopt a policy requiring city employees to only use city email addresses and phones to conduct city business.
He said he also failed in his atPark site approved tempts to track down communications Also at the meeting, the City Council and an official police report concerning approved the master plan for a future 10-12-12_H&A_Layout 1 10/5/12 1:45 PM Page 1 a dispute between a Dunwoody police park at 5435 Roberts Drive, the site of officer and a local business. He said his the former Austin Elementary School. requests for text messages went unfulThe park will include a nature trail, filled, even though a phone bill invoice tennis and pickleball courts, public art, 05-09-12_Layout 1 5/4/12 1:57 PM Page 1 showed texts made on the phone the day a children’s sensory ADA-compliant of the alleged incident. playground and multi-use sports fields. Hirsch accused city staff and those Councilmembers discussed potential responsible for carrying out the Georgia ways to paint the turf for different sports Open Records law of failing to perform on the multi-use fields, ultimately decidtheir duties.
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