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Villa Rica council stalls $24,000 consultant hire as debate over city manager powers persists
Summary
Mayor Leslie McPherson and council members debated whether to hire a $24,000 consultant to run a permanent city manager search while state law and recent charter changes leave the manager reporting to the mayor; council voted unanimously to table the consultant contract to the March meeting.
Mayor Leslie McPherson and members of the Villa Rica City Council engaged in an extended debate Feb. 10 over whether to hire Sumter Local Government Consulting to help conduct a search for a permanent city manager.
The dispute centered on recent changes to the city charter enacted by state legislation in 2024 (identified in the meeting as House Bill 1487) that, council members said, left the city manager serving “at the pleasure of the mayor.” Several council members said they worried a $24,000 consultant could…
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