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1711 Mt. Vernon Road - Dunwoody, Georgia 30338


Dear Chamber Members,

The most immediate issue for our business community is the new immigration law. The purpose of this letter is only to provide information as there is nothing we can do about it other than be prepared.

Beginning January 1, any company doing business with the City will have to participate in
"E Verify" which verifies the legality of all employees in that company. It only affects companies that sell either products or services to the City. There is a staggered initiation with larger companies being required in 2012. Smaller companies will be required in later years depending on the number of employees.  Your Company will have to do E-Verify annually but it is good for the year, the exception is than you must run each new employee thru E-Verify.  Evidence of your E-Verify standing will have to be provided to the City each year

The second impact of the immigration law is that any business that receives services from the City must participate in "Safe" - the verification of the legality of the business owners, not necessarily their employees. Therefore, every business that applies for any license from the City, be it business, liquor license, building permits, etc. will have to produce evidence of legality. You can review the documents attached.  Important to note that the Save verification has to be redone with each new license or permit and it cannot be emailed or faxed.  Has to be original but it can be mailed.

On a different subject, as you know, the City of Dunwoody has two council seats and the mayoral seat up for election. In the forums it sounded as though some of the candidates had interest in impact fees which would affect all of us. After the election it is our intention to meet with the new Mayor and council people to discuss their views and acquaint them with ours. Rest assured we will stay involved.

Sincerely,

William D. Grant
Chairman of the Board



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