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Villa Rica council debates resolution to ask state to restore council role in selecting city manager
Summary
Council members debated a resolution asking the legislative delegation to revert a 2024 charter change so the council (rather than the mayor alone) would choose the city manager. Supporters said council oversight restores balance; others urged clearer language about the mayor’s role and warned against rushing the request.
Villa Rica — Council members on Tuesday reviewed a draft resolution asking the city’s legislative delegation to revert a 2024 change to the city charter that shifted sole selection of the city manager to the mayor.
Mister Mecklen, who presented the item, said the delegation told staff it would only consider legislation if the council first passed a unanimously approved city resolution asking for the change. "Unless they received a resolution from the city that was passed unanimously, they weren't even gonna consider it,"…
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