A Canton city employee has been suspended without pay in light of a possible nepotism law violation.
Transferring Angela Johnson to a different city department after the election of Alderman Eric Gilkey may have been illegal, according to city legal officials. The two are related by marriage.
Several other employees with relatives on the Board of Aldermen — including Gail Brown, the mother of Alderman Rodriquez Brown -- have been the target of nepotism probes by the city recently, but they have been cleared.
Speaking about Johnson's case, city attorney Barbara Blackmon said a city employee cannot lawfully be promoted or transferred after a relative is elected as mayor or alderman.
"After that person has been elected, if they have a relative that is already working with the city, that person can remain in whatever position they had. But if you try to promote them or transfer them, that’s a violation of the nepotism law," Blackmon said.
Madison County Herald
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