Editing Sandy Springs, Georgia (section)

==Government==
===Officials===
*Mayor: [[Rusty Paul]]

===Services===
Sandy Springs was noted for contracting private companies to perform the majority of its services in a public-private partnership model of government at the beginning of its incorporation in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Feine|first1=Paul|title=Sandy Springs, Georgia: The city that outsourced everything|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qFvo2qJOU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/f8qFvo2qJOU| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|department=ReasonTV|publisher=Reason Foundation|access-date=December 29, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> While many governments contract with private-sector companies on a per-project basis, Sandy Springs is believed to be the first American city to outsource its services for the majority of ongoing operations. They chose to do so as an economic response to the [[Great Recession]]. The city regularly hosted delegations from other governments that were interested in the model.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/business/a-georgia-town-takes-the-peoples-business-private.html |title=A Georgia Town Takes the People's Business Private|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 23, 2012|first=David|last=Segal}}</ref> Services not outsourced include police, fire-rescue, and city management. The city moved away from the private-public partnership model in 2019 when it was realized how much money was lost to private contractors and hired 184 full-time city staff that work at the new City Springs development. It now operates as a hybrid model, outsourcing projects to private companies as needed. The city estimates $14 million will be saved over the next five years from hiring full-time staff.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sandyspringsga.gov/public-private-partnership|title=Public Private Partnership|date=2022-03-03}}</ref>

A new city hall opened in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/new-city-hall-sandy-springs-set-open-may/We5iIzUM1LcK9BikPsibEI/|title=New city hall in Sandy Springs set to open in May|author=Northam, Mitchell|date=April 4, 2018|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}</ref>