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Valdosta council starts city‑manager search, holds brief personnel executive session
Summary
Council authorized the Mercer Group to begin recruiting a new city manager and briefly entered executive session for personnel matters; council reconvened and approved the search‑firm engagement.
Valdosta’s council on Oct. 9 authorized hiring the Mercer Group to begin a recruitment for a new city manager and took a brief executive session for a personnel matter.
A council member moved to enter executive session for personnel reasons; the motion was seconded and the council went into closed session. The mayor said the session would be brief and the council would return to address citizen concerns.
After reopening the meeting, a council member moved that the city enlist the Mercer Group to start the city‑manager search; the motion was seconded and carried by voice/show of hands. The transcript records the authorization but does not include details of the executive session, which is consistent with personnel matters being discussed in closed session.
What’s next: the Mercer Group will commence a recruitment process; staff and council did not record additional public details about timeline or candidate criteria in the meeting record.
