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Stonecrest council removes finance director, appoints Keisha Franklin as CFO
Summary
After an executive session, the Stonecrest City Council voted 5-0 to remove Finance Director Lakisha Gaines effective immediately and appointed Keisha Franklin as the new CFO, also by a unanimous vote; the council said the CFO role is effective immediately.
An unidentified councilmember moved and the Stonecrest City Council voted 5-0 on Feb. 4 to remove Finance Director Lakisha Gaines effective immediately and to appoint Keisha Franklin as the city's new chief financial officer.
The action followed the council's return from an executive session. According to the record, the motion to remove Lakisha Gaines was presented in open session: "I move to remove Lakisha Gaines as finance director from the city of Stonecrest effective immediately," the mover said. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Alicia Washington and carried by a unanimous vote.
Minutes show the council then moved to fill the vacancy. Councilwoman Alicia Washington moved to appoint Keisha Franklin as CFO. That motion was seconded, carried 5-0, and the council announced, "Keisha Franklin is hereby appointed as CFO effective immediately." The council recorded the vacancy of the prior CFO position upon adoption of the removal motion.
The meeting record does not specify reasons for Gaines's removal; council took the personnel votes in open session following the executive session. The transcript does not attribute the initial removal motion to a named mover beyond the procedural audio; the second to the motion is recorded as Councilwoman Alicia Washington.
The council did not announce additional administrative steps or an interim finance director during the meeting. The next related item on the agenda addressed ordinance language and bank signatories affecting who may sign financial instruments, which the council addressed later in the same meeting.
The action summary: the removal and appointment were both approved by unanimous 5-0 votes and were announced as effective immediately.
