Members of the Fulton County Commission are to take their oaths of office on Jan. 5. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. in the assembly hall of the Fulton County Government Center, 141 Pryor Street S.W., in Atlanta. The commission’s regular meeting will follow.

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