ATLANTA — Assistant Attorney General Kristen Settlemire, responding to a requested letter from Dougherty County Attorney Alex Shalishali, told Shalishali last week that the county’s attempt to correct an earlier illegal act by holding a second, announced vote to dismiss County Administrator Mike McCoy,ย “does not alter or expunge the fact that the initial May 22nd vote constituted a violation of the Open Meetings Act.”ย
Settlemire, citing “media reports,” sent Shalishali a letter on May 31 requesting the “County Commission provide this office with documentation of the factual basis showing that it was necessary to act upon the motion related to the employment of the county administrator at the meeting held on May 22 without that item having been included on the meeting agenda.”
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