Johns Creek - Government

Government

The City Council consists of a mayor and six council members who are elected at large, and serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered every two years.

The effort to launch the City government was expedited by hiring CH2M HILL-OMI, a global, Colorado-based consulting firm that provided most day-to-day municipal services (except for police and fire) for the first three years of cityhood.

The company provided equipment and staff so the City could be functional immediately upon the first day of operation.

The public-private partnership, modeled after a similar plan in Sandy Springs, was one of the most extensive in the country at the time. Only the city manager, city clerk, city attorney, mayor’s aide, finance director, municipal court clerk and judge were city employees. Other staff was provided by CH2M HILL-OMI or their sub-contractors.

As the City grew and matured, it reduced its reliance on CH2M HILL. In September 2010, the City Council voted to revise its public-private partnership with CH2M HILL. Community Development and Public Works operations continue to be provided by CH2M HILL while all others are provided by city employees or other contractors and sub-contractors.

The Johns Creek Police Department launched October 7, 2008, and the Fire Department launched April 27, 2008. The Police Department was certified by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement within two years of the department’s formation, a feat not matched since the history of CALEA.