The state’s top attorney has weighed in on the question of what can be done to fill the District 5 seat on the DeKalb County Commission: Nothing.
At least, not until the fate of suspended CEO Burrell Ellis is decided, according to a non-binding letter by Attorney General Sam Olens.
That’s because state and local law did not require the current interim CEO, Lee May, to resign his district commission seat when he replaced suspended Ellis in July.
And since there is no law allowing for an interim solution on the commission, the status quo should remain.
“The designation of Mr. May in that temporary role does not appear to remove him from his own office as District 5 Commissioner or make him the incumbent CEO under law,” Olens wrote.
The technical question of whether May could serve in both roles had been a concern for some other commissioners and county insiders.
Olens’ letter, his interpretation of the law but not a formal opinion, was in answer to questions from Commissioner Jeff Rader and state rep. Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta.
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