Sandy Springs must share city management firm with Milton, Johns Creek
Source: By CYNTHIA DANIELS, DOUG NURSE, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA), 04/24/07
Nearly 18 months into Sandy Springs' cityhood, some residents aren't that happy with their cutting-edge experimental government. It's not that the honeymoon is over between the city and the citizens who voted to create it. That happened last summer about the time of the first controversial zoning decisions. The problem now is akin to jealousy: Residents have watched CH2M Hill-OMI, the private company that provides much of the city's staff, begin to send code enforcement officers over to work in the new cities of Milton and Johns Creek — the two newest North Fulton cities that also hired CH2M Hill for day-to-day services.
"This is maybe an aspect of privatization that we hadn't anticipated, and it's rearing its ugly head now," said Sandy Springs resident Thaea Lloyd, who worries that fewer officers will mean less enforcement.