Stung by a series of ethical and perhaps criminal lapses among DeKalb County employees and elected officials, County CEO Lee May today signed an Executive Order tighten the county’s ethics rules.
May said the order “compiles and clarifies ethics rules for all employees of the administration.”
The order also creates a new full-time chief integrity officer that will report directly to the DeKalb County Board of Ethics.
“I am beyond tired reading about employees of DeKalb County violating the public’s trust and the law,” May said in an afternoon press conference. “We need more tools to ensure ethics and integrity in our county.”
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