An ethics complaint against all six DeKalb County commissioners accused them of infringing on the independence of the county Board of Ethics.
The complaint, filed Tuesday by Rhea Johnson, a DeKalb County resident, cited the commission’s vote to reserve $97,000 over the last four months of the year to supplement the Board of Ethics’ funding. Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May had proposed the money for the positions of a chief integrity officer, an investigator and an administrator.
Commissioner Jeff Rader said Wednesday that commissioners asked the Board of Ethics to make a plan for how it would spend the money, which he said preserves the board’s autonomy.
