Board votes to censure Commissioner Levent

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. – The Board of Commissioners approved a motion of censure against Commissioner Todd Levent Thursday (Aug. 20) by a vote of 3-0. Levent and Commissioner Cindy Mills recused themselves at an earlier meeting.

The censure, which was read by Chairwoman Laura Semanson, read: “The Board does hereby censure Commissioner Todd Levent for accessing Commissioner Cindy Mills county email account without her knowledge and without using Ga. OCGA 50-18-70 Open Records Act and obtaining un-redacted lists of current emails compiled for county business without using the Open Records Act and forwarding them to his campaign email account apparently for his campaign or other non-county business use.”

The Board voted on May 7 to conduct an inquiry into Levent’s actions and on May 11 retained the law firm of Smith, Gambrel and Russell, LLP to investigate. On June 30, the law firm delivered its report to the Board of Commissioners.

Levent did not comment on the Board’s action Thursday, but in the past has called the investigation a “witch hunt.” He also declined to speak to investigators during the inquiry.

For balance to this report, Fetch Your News will attempt to interview Levent today for his comment.

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