ARC Board Elects At-Large Citizen Members

Atlanta — Nov 10, 2021

The ARC Board today elected a new slate of at-large citizen members to join the board for terms beginning on January 1, 2022.

The elections are required following the adoption of the updated at-large district boundary map by members of the Georgia Legislature whose districts are wholly or in part of the ARC’s 11-county area. The boundaries are revisited every 10 years, after the release of the U.S. Census population totals.

The citizen members elected today are:

District 1 (Henry and Rockdale): Murphy Talmadge
District 2 (Portions of Atlanta, Clayton, Fulton): Charlton Bivins
District 3 (Portions of Atlanta, Clayton, Fayette, Fulton): Robert “Bob” Reeves
District 4 (Portions of Atlanta and Fulton): Amol Naik
District 5 (Portions of Cobb, Douglas, Fulton, Atlanta): Angelia O’Neal
District 6 (Portions of Atlanta and DeKalb): VACANT
District 7 (Portions of Atlanta and DeKalb): Liane Levetan
District 8 (Portion of Gwinnett County): Greg Cantrell
District 9 (Portion of Gwinnett County): Kerry Armstrong
District 10 (Portions of Fulton and Gwinnett): VACANT
District 11 (Portions of Atlanta, DeKalb, and Fulton): VACANT
District 12 (Forsyth County, portion of Fulton): Thomas “Tom” Meinhart
District 13 (Portion of Cobb): Michelle Cooper Kelly
District 14 (Portions of Cherokee and Cobb): Tangela Jones
District 15 (Portions of Cherokee and Fulton): Steve Stancil

The board will vote to fill the vacant seats after candidates are nominated.

“These citizen members bring a wealth of diverse perspectives to the regional planning table and provide the insights and expertise we need to move the region forward,” said ARC Board Chairman Kerry Armstrong.

Citizen members are nominated by elected officials, and they must be a resident of the district he/she represents, cannot hold elective or appointed public office, or be an employee of any political jurisdiction in the Atlanta region.

ARC is governed by a 41-member board that consists of:

The county commission chair from each of the 11 member counties
The mayor and a council member from the region’s largest city (City of Atlanta)
One mayor from each of the 11 member counties, with the exception of Fulton, which has two mayoral representatives (one from north Fulton and one from south Fulton)
15 citizen members who are selected by the ARC board’s elected officials
A representative from the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

ARC Citizen District Map

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) is the official planning agency for the 11-county Atlanta Region, including Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, and Rockdale counties as well as the City of Atlanta and 74 other cities. The Atlanta Regional Commission serves as a catalyst for regional progress by focusing leadership, attention and planning resources on key regional issues.

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Contact Name: Paul Donsky
Contact Phone: 404-202-4662
Contact Email: pdonsky@atlantareginal.org