ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Prepared and received BOC approval on $1,800,000.00 balanced budget in fifteen days after talking office.
- Sphere headed 10-year 10% annual water rate increase to generate $4,700,000,000.00 to meet Consent Decree requirements to remediate declining water infrastructure.
- Lead charge to invest $18,900,000.00 over a 6-year period into 300 Flock cameras and Drone First Responder System to create Digital Shield designed to lower crime through enhanced technology.
- Purchased 4380 Memorial Drive after 28 years of renting for $18,000,000.00 to end cycle of renting to start real estate portfolio for future smart spending and development.
- Restructured $10,434,210.00 in existing revenue and minimized triple overtime to increase police salaries, making DeKalb police officers among the highest in Metro Atlanta.
- Increased police recruitment by 300% since taking office to materialize largest recruiting classes in over a decade.
- Invested $8,000,000.00 in the development of 300 shelter beds for the unhoused – to create DeKalb’s first large scale unhoused center with wrap-around services.
- Allocated $8,000,000.00 to purchase Park 500 with BOC approval to create DeKalb’s first Rapid Housing Project (RHP) to relocate families from extended stay motels.
- Invested $2,000,000.00 in initial budget for state-of-the-art Real Time Crime Center build-out at DeKalb County Police Department
- Appropriated $1,000,000.00 in discretionary funds for EMBARC Youth Farm expansion of hydroponics greenhouse, resurfacing of pavilion, and tennis courts, while converting to dual pickleball courts.