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After a brief executive session, the Clarkston city council voted unanimously to appoint the city’s finance director Dan Defnall as acting city manager. This follows the city parting ways with former city manager Shawanna Qawiy after accusations that she created a toxic work environment and signed contracts for the city without council approval.
Clarkston's Finance Director on Friday warned the city council about requests given to him by Clarkston City Manager Shawanna Qawiy seeking payment for three different items.
At a special called meeting preceding their work session on June 29, the Clarkston City Council passed a 13.89 millage rate. That amount is one mill lower than the 2022 rate of 14.89, but higher than the rollback rate based on the recently released county tax digest, which was 11.253.