Brookhaven Commission Provides Progress of Committees, Seeks Volunteers

At the third meeting of the Governor’s Commission on Brookhaven, the five members of the commission delivered progress reports from the various committees they chair. The meeting was held Thursday night at St. Martin’s Episcopal School with about 40 attendees.

In addition to naming the civilian co-chairs of the 10 committees created by the commission, Commission Chairman Ben Vinson also announced the experts that would help guide each of the committees as well.

The only action items voted on by the commission was the approval of Lyn Rosser as its pro bono executive secretary and the approval of the atrium at St. Martin’s Episcopal School as the venue for the commission’s weekly public meeting.

Vinson also announced that the Georgia Municipal Association has agreed to host and lead the candidate training sessions required by Georgia law of new cities. The tentative training session dates are Oct. 9 in the evening and Oct. 13 during the day. This would give the candidates the option of attending on a weeknight or on a Saturday.

Commission member Kim Gocke, who chairs the Project Management & Communication committee, stressed that the “No. 1 resource” for residents to receive information from the commission was on its website, brookhavencommission.com.

The website, which had not been updated until Wednesday since Sept. 13, will be regularly updated, Tisa Moore, civilian chairwoman for the Communications committee, told Brookhaven Patch.

On Wednesday, the website was updated to include a form for residents who are interested in volunteering to sign up for specific committees. The form can be found on the website directly underneath the header. Click on the label “volunteer registration.”

Additionally, residents with any public comments or questions can reach the commissioners by emailing brookhavencommission@gmail.com.

The email account is not monitored 24 hours a day, and any email sent to this address becomes public record.

Upcoming Meetings:

• A tentative meeting of the Project Management and Communications committee is planned for Saturday at 2 p.m. at 2536 Caldwell Road.
• The Parks & Recreation committee will hold an orientation on Saturday from 10-11 a.m. at the Cowart/Ashford Dunwoody YMCA.