The DeKalb County 2040 Resilient Management Plan
A practical framework for a stronger, healthier DeKalb.
ReDKB 2040 organizes policy, operations, investment and public accountability around one goal: build resilience residents can see, understand and measure.
A living management plan
Projects advance from planning to delivery as baseline evidence, legal authority, funding and departmental readiness are established.
Purpose
One County. One framework. Measurable progress.
Resilient DeKalb is the County’s first coordinated sustainability and resilience program, led through the Office of the Chief Sustainability Officer and backed by the Office of the CEO.
Operations
Cleaner County systems
Improve facilities, energy, fleet, water, waste and maintenance using reliable data and life-cycle decisions.
Communities
Health and opportunity
Connect resilience to food access, tree canopy, environmental justice, local jobs and neighborhood wellbeing.
Accountability
Public progress
Use common definitions, performance measures and an annual report to show what is active, planned and complete.
Pillar Zero
Measure first. Commit second.
The Countywide Baseline Audit is the control point for the entire plan. It establishes the inventories, consumption records and operating evidence needed before preliminary figures become binding County targets.
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Inventory
Identify facilities, vehicles, systems, assets and service locations using stable records.
2
Reconcile
Correct conflicting square footage, billing, tonnage, coverage and asset information.
3
Set targets
Convert planning goals into verified commitments after the baseline closes.
4
Deliver
Sequence policy, procurement, budgets, installation, operations and community programs.
5
Report
Publish progress through common performance measures and annual reporting.
Why the website labels figures carefully
The uploaded policy package repeatedly states that bracketed estimates, unverified totals and internal working figures must not be presented as final County commitments. The site therefore distinguishes planning goals from adopted or verified values.
Governance
Leadership, departments and residents share the work.
The proposed governance framework places the Office of Resilience at the center of standards, coordination, reporting and evidence while preserving each department’s operating responsibility.
Executive sponsorship
Office of the CEO
Sets direction, aligns departments and advances the Countywide resilience mission.
Program leadership
Office of Resilience
Maintains standards, reviews, measures, reporting schedules and companion-policy coordination.
Delivery
County departments
Supply operating data and deliver the projects, services and maintenance systems within their authority.
Public review
Resident participation
Brings community experience and review into annual reporting, public engagement and program improvement.
Plan architecture
Thirteen connected flagship areas.
Twelve action areas and one financial spine make the work understandable without separating projects that depend on one another.
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Explore every flagship
See each area’s purpose, current initiatives and connections to supporting policy and program pages.
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Follow every initiative
Review status, lead department, scope, goal, beneficiaries and global-goal alignment.
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Understand accountability
Read the proposed ordinance framework and its nine performance domains.