DeKalb Wants Residents’ Input to End “Nightmare” Permitting Process
“DeKalb County Needs Your Feedback,” reads the headline on inserts stuffed alongside county water bills this month. An audio version of this story
The enclosed flier asks residents to offer ideas to include in DeKalb’s long-term strategic plan. 
“God knows this is something that’s never been done in DeKalb County,” says DeKalb interim CEO Lee May. “This is our way of establishing who we are as a county, understanding our assets, and really writing a plan that brings all that together.”
A second survey deals with obtaining county permits, which Lee says has been a “nightmare.” He says the revamp should bring certainty to the process and make it quicker.
An outside consultant is heading both efforts at a cost of about a half-million dollars.
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