Remarks by Chakira Johnson
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“Top of page 15 under Commission District 2, item 2026-0596, an ordinance to regulate the restraint and transportation of animals and for other purposes. And this is IRPS.”
“Item 2026-0728, all commissioned districts and ordinance to amend the code of DeKalb County, Georgia, Chapter 5, to regulate the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits in pet shops.”
“All right. Commissioner Long-Speers, you have requested to speak. You have a floor.”
“Thank you, Commissioner Long-Spears. Seeing no further requests to speak, please open the machine for the vote. Motion to defer those items carries. Now we're in the middle of page 16, District 3 item, item 2026-0550 to adopt an ordinance to amend the code of DeKalb County to address public safety, drifting, unauthorized camping, and certain public nuisance behaviors. And this is a PECS item.”
“Thank you so much. Seeing no requests to speak, please open machine for the vote. Motion to defer carries. Middle of page 17, District 6 item, item 2026-0244, a resolution requiring a baseline assessment of DeKalb County's health and socioeconomic environmental status and a third-party analysis of DeKalb's proposed data center regulations before issuance of a land disturbance permit for data centers. This is also a PECS item.”
“Second. Okay, let me read the substitute so we're clear on that. Item 2026-0244, a resolution requiring an independent third party health environmental study of data centers and their possible impact on DeKalb County and Board of Commissioner's review of the study before DeKalb County's data center moratorium can be lifted. So that is the official reading of the substitute and it was to defer. To when?”
“All right, thank you. And Commissioner Long-Spears, you seconded? It stands, yes, ma'am. Okay, thank you. Commissioner Terry has requested a speak. You have the floor.”
“Thank you, Commissioner Terry. Seeing no further requests to speak, please open the machine for the vote. Motion to defer the substitute carries. We are now bottom of page 18. There's also a substitute for this one, item 2026-0245. To request an allocation split evenly across all commission districts to support a countywide independent third-party health and environmental study of data centers and their possible impact on accounting not to exceed $150,000.”
“The substitute. All right. There's a motion to defer the substitute. Seconded by Commissioner Long-Spears. Commissioner Terry, you have requested to speak. You have a floor.”
“Thank you, Commissioner Terry. Commissioner Davis-Johnson.”
“Is there a second for the substitute motion? Second. We have a substitute motion to deny by Commissioner Davis-Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Robert Patrick. Do you yield your time, Commissioner Davis-Johnson?”
“All right. You've had one opportunity, Commissioner Terry. You usually try to get someone who's not spoken yet to go first. I'm going to go to Commissioner Patrick and then you for your second opportunity.”
“Thank you, and Commissioner Bolton, for your first opportunity.”
“Are you wanting him to answer on your time? You're good with that?”
“Thank you, Commissioner Bolton. Commissioner Masai, your first opportunity.”
“Thank you, and I see Commissioner Long-Speers, your first opportunity.”
“Thank you, Commissioner Long-Spears. And now, second opportunity is Commissioner Terry.”
“It's your opportunity to speak now, Commissioner.”
“The substitute doesn't designate an entity.”
“And we need... Everybody, please have the quorum today. Thank you. Commissioner Terry. Commissioner Terry.”
“Commissioner Terry, please. Okay. No one interrupted you.”
“Thank you for removing yourself. No one else is requesting to speak. Please open the machine for the vote.”
“You do not have that opportunity. Machines are open for the vote. Motion to deny fails. And that was a substitute motion. We're back to the original motion, which was to approve Um, if I can make a comment, commissioner Terry, I would really support the withdrawal because I do believe that we are a little early for this type of resolution. I did not vote to deny it. I voted to not deny it, which is why we're back to the original motion. It did not carry. It didn't carry, sir, if you were paying attention. Thank you.”
“So I would request a withdrawal, as you had mentioned. I would feel comfortable with a withdrawal.”
“Thank you. Because we are back to your original motion.”