City of Atlanta Settlements Database

HOW WE BUILT THIS DATABASE: The Atlanta City Council votes on City of Atlanta settlements during its regular meetings. The Atlanta Community Press Collective (ACPC) created this database of every settlement from July 1, 2023, to present by going through every city council agenda created during that period. Individual departments were typically listed on the agenda items, allowing for settlements to be broken down by department. For some settlements, departments were not listed. In those cases, ACPC used details within the settlement to code it to the relevant department. If no department could be identified, ACPC assigned the settlement to an “NA” category as listed in the agenda.