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Which ADA route was Brookhaven publishing?
The ADA contact had left. The City page still named her. Lillian Young’s last day was December 5, 2025. On February 26, 2026, City Manager Christian Sigman wrote that she was no longer with the City and told me to send ADA grievances to Linda Warren. On March 10, 2026, the City’s own Title II page still named Lillian Young as its ADA Coordinator and still told disabled residents to send complaints to her. In my correspondence, the first written claim that anyone else held the job came on March 23, 2026, 108 days after she left. Christian Sigman’s record · Lillian Young’s record
One City page, two ADA Coordinators and a separate grievance contact. On the City’s ADA Compliance page, checked October 17, 2026, Brookhaven labels Tom Roberts an “ADA Coordinator” under Title III and Joe Burge an “ADA Coordinator” under Title II. It separately lists Linda Warren under “ADA Grievance Process (Human Resources)” and labels that heading Title VII. Title III of the ADA covers private places of public accommodation. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers employment discrimination; it is not part of the ADA. A city’s services, programs and activities are governed by Title II.
The Justice Department’s rule says a public entity with 50 or more employees must designate at least one employee to coordinate its ADA compliance, and must make that person’s name, office address and telephone number available. Brookhaven’s own 2026 Adopted Budget lists 219 full time staff. 28 C.F.R. 35.107 · What Is ADA Title II?
We are not alone
A Brookhaven community group discussed the earlier reporting. On May 29, 2026, a post in the Brookhaven Strong community group, shown there as by “Anonymous participant,” described Berry as <q>a central figure in a high-profile Georgia Open Records Act (GORA) investigation</q>. Read the post
And a newspaper did, in another city. In 2018 the AJC and WSB-TV went to Georgia’s Attorney General about how Atlanta answered records requests.
The events and outcomes are separate, and neither proves anything about the other. The question both raise is the same one: can an ordinary person get a Georgia city to answer?
Have you asked a Georgia city for records or for a disability accommodation? Tell me what happened.
Questions and answers
Who is Jeremy Berry, Brookhaven city attorney? Jeremy T. Berry is City Attorney of the City of Brookhaven, Georgia, hired in March 2023. He became Atlanta’s City Attorney in April 2017, and his departure was announced in late April 2018. March 2023 hiring report
Why does a search link Jeremy Berry to Atlanta’s open records story? The AJC reported in 2018 on records supplied as invoices during his time as Atlanta City Attorney, quoted named critics, published his answer, and described a GBI inquiry into the City’s records practices. The reporting checked here identifies no criminal charge against him. AJC, March 9, 2018
Did Brookhaven have an ADA coordinator in 2026? On March 10, 2026, its published Title II page still named an employee who had left the City the previous December, although City officials were directing grievances to Linda Warren. Christian Sigman’s record
What this page does not establish
The Atlanta material is journalism and attributed criticism. It is not a finding of criminal or professional misconduct by Jeremy T. Berry, and the sources checked here identify no criminal charge against him. The 2026 Brookhaven emails show what was written and when. They are not a court ruling that any fee, closure or ADA decision broke the law. The March 10 archived City page shows what the City published that day; it does not show who the City had designated internally. This page does not describe what any grievance of mine said, and it states no one’s motive.
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