JONESBORO — A familiar name and face has rejoined Clayton County’s finance department.
Angela Jackson has been hired as the deputy chief financial officer of the Budget Division. She previously served as the finance director from 2009 to 2013 before abruptly resigning in April 2013.
On Jan. 4, the Board of Commissioners approved an increase to the position’s annual salary to $145,000.
Previous employment problems
Jackson’s previous time spent in Clayton County was fraught with claims of deleted and shredded county documents and a forensic audit that found the Finance Department operated with dysfunction and put the county at risk for fraud and abuse.
A 2014 audit report claimed that Jackson led the department with an autocratic style and did not properly share information with other departments.
In a 2014 presentation to the BOC, Aaron Danzig, an…
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