County Gets Attorney, Planning Director

5/31/2013, 6:02 a.m.

GTCO-ATL Followers, be aware of the new director of Planning.  If you have not written to Andrew Baker in the past about the cell tower planned for your school or neighborhood and your opposition to it, make time this week to do so.  Mr. Baker has been involved in this issue in the past as the Interim Planning Director, but we can never be too careful.  It's important that everyone involved in this process is aware that you don't want the cell tower near your home, your child, or anyone else's.  

DeKALB COUNTY — Overtis “O.V.” Hicks Brantley is DeKalb’s new county attorney and chief legal officer, and Andrew Baker is the new director of Planning and Sustainability.

Both appointments were approved by the DeKalb Board of Commissioners on May 28.

Brantley has served as interim county attorney since March 18. Prior to her appointment, she served as chief legal counsel for Fulton County for eight years, managing a 39-member staff and outside counsel, and as acting city attorney for the city of Atlanta.

An avid quilter, Brantley earned her law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law. Her professional affiliations include the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers.

Baker, a resident of unincorporated DeKalb, had served as DeKalb’s associate director of Planning and Sustainability since August 2010. He is a Leadership DeKalb graduate and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners. He has a Management Essentials Certification from Emory University.

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said he was excited to have them on board.

“Andrew and O.V. have extraordinary backgrounds and experiences that round out an outstanding senior management team that we have built here in DeKalb,” Ellis said.

From Crossroads News: http://crossroadsnews.com/news/2013/may/31/new-county-attorney-planner/