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South Fulton council revokes mayoral access, directs return of city equipment after executive session
Summary
After an executive session late Feb. 11, South Fulton City Council voted on a package of actions including removing mayoral access to city facilities, ordering return or reassignment of film-studio equipment and reclassifying a film-and-media staff position.
After a lengthy Feb. 11 executive session, the South Fulton City Council announced a set of formal directives affecting mayoral access to facilities, city property and staffing.
Actions voted in open session: The council reconvened and recorded a set of decisions it said were taken in executive session. The council’s public record lists the following directives: - The council ordered that access to the mayoral budget be shut down except for the mayor’s salary and benefits, and ordered removal of a pool table from the mayoral suite. - The council directed the city manager to draft and distribute an immediate all‑employee directive to “cease and desist all interaction with the mayor,” and warned that employees who violated the directive would face disciplinary action. - Film‑studio equipment acquired without prior authorization was ordered returned to the vendor; if impossible, the council directed that the equipment be transferred to Public Affairs for city use. - Three Mac devices (computers) held in the mayoral suite were ordered to be turned over to the IT department, and all equipment — including a drone — was to be delivered to the city manager by the next morning. - The council directed General Services to secure the mayoral suite by changing the locks and said the mayor’s access to city buildings and facilities was revoked. - The council said it would remove the assigned city EV and reinstate a travel allowance pending formal adoption of a mayoral-vehicle policy. - The council voted to reclassify the film-and-media manager position to a special-projects manager and directed the new position to report to the city clerk.
Council statement and next steps: Council leaders characterized the package as temporary measures taken “until such time as all city investigations are complete,” and said the measures responded to what they described in open session as misuse of city resources. The city attorney and clerk were asked to prepare a written record of actions for distribution to council and external counsel. The council recorded the decisions in open session after returning from executive session late the same night.
What remained on the record: The council recorded those directives as formal actions taken in executive session and affirmed the steps publicly; no individual findings of fact or disciplinary actions naming staff or elected officials were read into the public record at that time. The council chair asked the city attorney to provide the written directive and to forward it to the council and to outside counsel for ethics matters.
