STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Stone Mountain City Council met May 12, fired its attorney and authorized an investigation into how Mayor Beverly Jones took control of numerous accounts connected to the city.
Before that meeting, the Downtown Development Authority adopted a resolution affirming authorized signatories and representatives for DDA accounts. The vote occurred after DDA Chair Carl Wright repeatedly accused the mayor of “fraud” for her role in taking control of the DDA’s accounts. The city council does not manage those accounts.
“We have voted tonight on a reinstated resolution establishing the signatories on our accounts and removing the mayor from our accounts that she fraudulently attempted to hijack,” he said. “And we wonder why. We’re lucky that this fraud was discovered before the DA funds were stolen, as best we know.”
The mayor has controlled the city’s accounts since April 2, and the changes went undetected by city officials for nearly a month. DDA Attorney Kyle Williams and City Manager Shawn Edmondson have both said that, as far as they know, there have been no suspicious transactions.
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