A special called meeting will be held at 12:45 p.m. Friday by Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin and the City Council to decide whether to suspend Councilman Anthony Coleman both from Council and the Pension Board.
The Ward 5 councilman, who has served for nearly 15 years, was found guilty May 12 on one of four counts for lying about his girlfriend’s community service.
In a letter dated Dec. 15, 2013, Coleman said Terry Jones Mays completed 59 hours of community service, a condition of her probation for a DUI and reckless driving conviction.
Officials said Coleman gave the letter to the Probation Department at least five days earlier.
Jurors acquitted Coleman of two other counts of making false statements and one count of racketeering.
Cobb Superior Court Judge Tain Kell Monday sentenced Coleman to serve 500 hours of community service and five years of probation and pay a $1,000 fine.
Kell declined to sentence Coleman to one year in jail or suspend him from Council as requested by the Cobb District Attorney’s office.
Marietta City Attorney Doug Haynie said Coleman has 30 days to appeal Kell’s decision.
If he is removed from Council, Mayor Steve Tumlin said during Monday’s called meeting that a special election would need to be held in 30 days from the date of Coleman’s dismissal.
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