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Citizen Surveys

The City of South Fulton is interested in the opinons & advice our residents! Pleae take the following surveys to share your thoughts.
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    Earlier City Council Meeting Time

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    History of Council Meeting Running Times
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    Council Meeting Duration vs. Pages in Agenda
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    What Do Other City Councils Do?
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    Read Amendment for Earlier Council Meetings
    In an effort to ensure constituents & city staff get home to their families earlier in the evening, Councilman khalid is proposing moving the start time City Council's 2nd & 4th Tuesday meetings to earlier in the afternoon. Work Sessions, where complex issues are discussed in depth, would begin at 1 or 2pm. The Regular Meeting would begin at 5pm, with Public Comment occuring around 5.30pm. All meetings would end at 8.30pm. 

    With 100,000 people spread over 100 square miles with a $100 million budget, South Fulton is one of the largest cities in Georgia. Our meetings will naturally run longer than smaller neighbors like Fairburn, Hapeville or Chattahoochee Hills. Comparative reasearch of Georgia's 10 largest cities (by population or square miles) reveals many of their City Councils, like ours, meet 10-12 hours per month. However, other large cities break up those hours by meeting more oftern, or meeting with departments in smaller Committees ahead of the Regular/Voting meeting. Some alternate between AM & PM Council Meetings to reach the maximum amount of interested residents (see gold highlighted examples in the the third chart, below).  

    Before sharing your thoughts, please take the time to:
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    New City Seal with Motto

    Current City Seal
    Proposed City Seal
    Though the City of South Fulton is 90 percent African American, 0 percent of current City Seal contains any reference to African or African American culture. Councilman khalid & Mayor Pro tem Mark Baker have proposed a revised City Seal with minor revisions.

    The bird & Acropolis – which take up the majority of space on both seal – are a reference the Greek roots of western democracy. However, historical research reveals that Greece's first philosophers studied at universities in Alexandria, Egypt. In the New Seal, Ankhs have been added to represent western democracy's true, African origins.
    Read the Resolution
    The City of South Fulton currently has no city motto. Dissatisfied with the way our community was being managed by County Commissioners who lived on the "other side of town," South Fulton's founders fought for cityhood to gain local control of our tax dollars & economic development — so we could determine our own destiny. In recognition of this founding principle of "self-determination," and South Fulton's 90 percent African American population, khalid & Baker chose the Swahili word Kujichagulia - which literally means "self-determination." 
    The Resolution calls for a gradual phasing out of the current City Seal to eliminate any financial impact to the City to replace the Seal.
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Reality Show for City of South Fulton Government?

The City of South Fulton's female-led Court System was featured on HBO's Vice series.
After garnering national attention for its female-led justice system, including a HBO Vice special, Hollywood has come calling to South Fulton. Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers, Solicitor Ladawn Blackett Jones and Public Defender Viveca Powell have signed an exclusive deal with Good Caper Content, the crime reporting division of ITV America, for an unscripted docuseries about South Fulton's Municipal Court.  The series is currently in development, and producers are shopping for a television network to air the reality TV show. 

While some denounce the move, worried about negative depictions of African American women in reality TV, others are excited by the possibility of a show. "Even though we're making history as Georgia's fifth largest city, the same size as Atlanta, and the Blackest City in America, many of our own residents still haven't heard of our new city." explains Councilman khalid. "This could put us on the map, and offer a chance to educate the masses on the court system and South Fulton's approach to restorative justice."  ​
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    RENAMING OLD NATIONAL

    As we re-name & market our city, all eyes are on Old National -- South Fulton's largest commercial corridor.

    Discussions have begun to rename the road, named for the Confederacy, to reflect the heritage and vision of our new city & its residents.

    Please share your feedback on the following names:
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SANITATION (TRASH COLLECTION) SURVEY

The new City of South Fulton, Georgia is moving to citywide trash (sanitation) service. Please share your thoughts on exactly how we should do it.
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FACT CHECK:
​Why Not Call a Citywide Vote for New City Name?

Many have asked: Why not just put the name two a citywide vote? 

There are three reasons this is probably not possible at this time: 
1) Legal Limitations
2) Logistical Considerations 
3) Timeline of Cityhood Transition

LEGAL LIMITATIONS 
In order to place a referendum (question for voters) on an official ballot, Georgia State Law O.C.G.A. §36-35-3 requires citizens to collect around 17,000 signatures (15 percent of the city’s 119,073 Registered Voters) for each proposed name to be added to the ballot. Additionally,  even if either of these solutions was pursued,  O.C.G.A. § 21-2-540(c)(2) limits such ballot questions to the following dates in 2018: May 22 and November 6. 
 
Neither of these would give us enough time to transition departments. Remember: we are legally & financially obligated to set up Fire, Police & Sanitation services before November 2018.  
 
What About a Non-Binding Vote?
The suggestion has been made by several others that the city hold a non-legally binding Election where voters could give direct feedback.

A proposal gaining popularity in recent weeks is to open polls at City Hall (5440 Fulton Industrial) and the South Service Center (5600 Stonewall Tell) for citizens to hold a citywide vote on the name. Voters would select between 5 names, with a citywide vote occurring around the MLK Holiday in mid-January.
 
However, a Non-Legally Binding Election means that even if thousands of people came out to vote for the City Name, our City Council would still be required to hold its own vote. No Councilmember would be obliged to cast a vote for the top choice of citizens.

This is exactly what happened during City Council's November 13 vote for the City Name. Though the name South Fulton lead in many online surveys, its popularity was NOT reflected in the votes of Councilmembers. 

Learn more about this issue and other city facts at on our South Fulton 101 page. 
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