A wet weekend
Friday, Oct. 9 — Tucker’s Rivers Alive cleanup event was scheduled to return tomorrow, but the event has been postponed due to severe weather. With Hurricane Isaias heading our way – and Gov. Brian Kemp declaring a state of emergency – be sure to check in for potential event cancellations and dress accordingly. Follow our weather blog updates here.
🌮 Congratulations to the judges’ choice winners at last weekend’s Taste of Tucker! Taco Naco won Best Appetizer for its elote, Taziki’s won Best Entree for its signature pasta, and Dairy Queen won Best Dessert for the dilly bar.
💰 The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce hosts a Small Business Summit on Wed., Oct. 14. The event will feature four panels addressing key topics for small business owners.
💥 Infinite Realities is seeking volunteers for Comicopia, Tucker’s first local comic book convention on Nov. 7 and 8. Volunteers will help with set-up, fundraising, guest services, and other tasks.
☔ Stay dry,
Katie
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Rivers Alive postponed
💧 While Tucker’s annual Rivers Alive event was scheduled to return to the city this Sat., Oct. 10, the event has been postponed to later this month.
Rivers Alive is Georgia’s volunteer waterway cleanup program aiming to keep all watersheds within state lines free of trash. The program’s mission is to create awareness of and involvement in the preservation of Georgia’s water resources.
The Tucker Civic Association signed on with the Rivers Alive program in 2008, and every year since the TCA has hosted more than 100 volunteers to clean up the South Fork Peachtree Creek. To date, Rivers Alive volunteers have removed more than 130,000 pounds of trash from the creek.
The tentative rescheduled date is Oct. 24.
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Dr. Sauce becomes permanent superintendent
🏫 The DeKalb County Board of Education officially voted Dr. Norman C. Sauce as its permanent superintendent at its Oct. 5 meeting.
Voting for his appointment were Board Chair Allyson Gevertz, Andrew Ziffer, Whitney McGinniss, and Deirdre Pierce. Tiffany Hogan, citing a non-competitive hiring process, voted against Sauce’s appointment, and Awet Eyasu, who echoed Hogan’s reasoning, abstained from the vote. Diijon DaCosta was absent from the meeting.
“I will not support the direct appointment of Dr. Sauce, without a fair, competitive, and transparent process,” Hogan said. “As my colleague Mr. Eyasu stated, though I don’t vote yes for him today, it doesn’t mean I am not in support of him. That is two different things.”
🗳️ Read more.
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City Council preps for city manager negotiations
🗳️ At a special called meeting on Oct. 7, members of the Tucker City Council voted to non-renew City Manager John McHenry’s employment agreement in order to renegotiate the agreement.
While the council members voted to non-renew McHenry’s agreement, this does not terminate or change the current agreement before the end of the term in January 2027.
With the non-renewal, McHenry and city representatives can negotiate a new agreement that reflects the city’s needs and priorities. Mayor Anne Lerner said the renegotiation will establish a new term that aligns with the city’s fiscal year, which runs from July to June.
🏢 Check out what else was passed.
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