Cecil "Trey" Hightower has been named the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller for Jefferson County.
Hightower was elected in August to become Jefferson’s next county clerk, but instead of waiting till January to start, Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Hightower to the position on Wednesday.
The appointment went into effect today.
The move comes after former clerk Kirk Reams was found guilty of stealing more than $800,000 in county funds through a kickback scheme.
Reams and two other men, were found guilty of using public funds to pay for non-office related expenditures.
Hightower previously served as an administrator in the City of Tallahassee Treasurer-Clerk's Treasury Management Office.