Decide DeKalb, the county's development authority, has repeatedly violated Georgia law requiring agendas to be posted online at least 24 hours before its monthly meetings, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports.
The development authority's board hasn't posted a single agenda this year, the Business Chronicle said, preventing the public from reviewing items to be considered at Decide DeKalb's meetings, which generally take place on the second Thursday of each month.
The most recent minutes on the Decide DeKalb web site are from its June 11 meeting.
A spokesperson for Decide DeKalb said agendas should be posted on time in the future. She said the failure was because the development authority didn't have a marketing director.
Mention of Decide DeKalb's alleged failure to adhere to Georgia legal requirements was contained in a Business Chronicle story about unanimous approval of a $60 million bond issue to pay for land in Stonecrest and construction of a 615,000-square-foot Home Depot distribution center.
Another $5 million in bonds are to be issued for machinery and equipment, accompanied by a separate $320,687 tax break.
Decide DeKalb claims the Home Depot project will create 77 full-time jobs with an average annual salary of just over $32,000.