Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is scheduled to sign legislation creating the city’s Office of Inspector General at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
The signing ceremony at City Hall will occur amid ongoing investigations by multiple federal agencies including the Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
City officials hope the office will help avert future scandals, along with any attempted state takeover of the city’s most significant asset: Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
The legislation will make the current nine-member ethics board the Inspector General’s governing board. The board will appoint the IG by a two-thirds vote. The Inspector General will serve a five-year term, and be subject to approval of the mayor and a majority of the council.
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