The Bardstown city council concluded in an emergency session and voted to remove the city’s mayor, John Royalty.
The council found him guilty of misconduct, including violating one council member’s privacy.
It is not clear why he sought the emails of Kecia Copeland, but the council said there was substantial evidence he had some of them and shared them with at least one private citizen.
An IT supervisor for the city testified Wednesday that Royalty asked him late last year to collect the iPads of all council members so he could install security updates. That supervisor, however, testified no such security update was needed at the time.
Thursday, Royalty himself took the stand and confirmed he asked for the iPads to be turned in, insisting it was for the security update and denying that he was targeting Copeland.
City attorney David Reynolds said Royalty threatened the jobs of some.
The council found that Royalty told the IT supervisor to misrepresent the intent of collecting the iPads.
A new mayor could be elected as soon as Tuesday, when the council will gather at a special called meeting at 5 p.m.
Source: WAVE
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