Interim DeKalb CEO Expected to Step Down From Commission Seat

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DeKalb County residents who have been without representation on the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners for nearly two years may soon get a chance to vote for a new representative.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Interim DeKalb County CEO and District 5 Commissioner Lee May is expected to resign from the commission on Friday. May has held both offices since he was appointed to the executive by Gov. Nathan Deal in July of 2013.

Earlier this year, Commissioner Nancy Jester urged May to step down to allow his District 5 constituents to vote for a new representative, as the commissioners themselves could not decide on a successor.

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Not even the governor wanted to get involved in the morass; in March, the office declined a request from May to appoint someone to his commission seat, telling WSB-TV that May must resign.

For his part, May had refused prior calls to resign pending the outcome of the corruption trial against suspended DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis. May himself is now under scrutiny from the FBI, who wants to learn more about allegations of preferential treatment concerning home repairs.

Once May officially steps down, his truly vacant seat on the board of commissioners would then be filled by a special election. May’s district comprises some 150,000 residents, who have been without a representative for nearly two years.