A judge granted a thirty-day stay on Friday, stopping a hearing scheduled for Tuesday, concerning ethics accusations leveled against Rome City Commissioner Mark Cochran.
The decision delays the scheduled meeting of the Ethics Investigation Panel comprised of Bremen Mayor Sharon Sewell, Adairsville Mayor Kenneth Carson and Summerville Mayor Harry Harvey on Tuesday. The panel was scheduled to meet at City Hall to hear testimony concerning the ethics accusations against Cochran and potentially make a decision and recommendation to the city commission, if needed.
Cochran’s attorney asked Floyd County Superior Court Judge John “Jack” Niedrach to issue the stay to allow time for a hearing regarding perceived issues with the case to be held.
An attorney representing the city in the ethics matter, Chris Balch, and an attorney representing Cochran, Jeremy Berry, argued significantly different versions of the city’s ethics code before Judge Niedrach on Friday.
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