City Council directs Dickens office to craft extreme heat safety plan

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:05:00 -0400

ATLANTA — City Hall is putting a formal heat-safety homework assignment on the mayor’s desk after a summer stretch that left advocates unconvinced Atlanta was ready for prolonged triple-digit feels-like weather.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that City Council unanimously passed a resolution Monday directing Mayor Andre Dickens’ office and partner departments to craft an extreme heat safety plan. Council member Kelsea Bond proposed the measure after a brutal late-June into early-July heat and humidity stretch that pushed feels-like temperatures into the high 90s and low triple digits for more than a week, with little overnight relief.

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City Council directs Dickens office to craft extreme heat safety plan