DeKalb Board of Commissioners’ committee assignments announced for 2023

DECATUR, GA– DeKalb County Board of Commissioners Presiding Officer Robert Patrick has named the board’s committee chairs and members who will serve for 2023.  

Both, Patrick and Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson, were elected by their peers to serve as presiding officer and deputy presiding officer respectively for the consecutive year on Jan. 13 at the board’s first meeting for 2023.

Committee assignments were prioritized based on seniority of elected service with the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners and individual commissioners’ preferences.

The committees were announced as follows:

• County Operations (OPS) Committee
• Mereda Davis Johnson, chair
• Larry Johnson, member
• Michelle Long Spears, member
• Public Works & Infrastructure (PWI) Committee
• Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, chair
• Ted Terry, member 
• Robert Patrick, member
• Employee Relations & Public Safety (ERPS) Committee
• Ted Terry, chair      
• Mereda Davis Johnson, member
  
• Steve Bradshaw, member
• Finance, Audit, & Budget (FAB) Committee
• Steve Bradshaw, chair   
• Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, member
• Robert Patrick, member
  
• Planning and Economic Development & Community Service (PECS) Committee
• Larry Johnson, chair
• Robert Patrick, member
  
• Michelle Long Spears, member