PORTERDALE, Ga. — With simply weeks away from the brand new fiscal 12 months, the Metropolis of Porterdale will bear yet one more change on the metropolis supervisor place.
Vickie Brief, the present metropolis supervisor, has submitted her resignation from the seat. Brief’s final day is Friday, June 12.
Brief instructed The Covington Information on Thursday that the choice to step down got here right down to various components.
“This choice was based mostly on private {and professional} concerns, and I consider that is the appropriate time for me to maneuver on,” Brief stated. “I’m grateful for the chance to serve the Metropolis of Porterdale and admire the assist of the Mayor, Council, employees, and group throughout my tenure. My focus stays on making certain an expert and orderly transition.”
Brief was appointed as metropolis supervisor in April 2024 by way of a unanimous vote by the Porterdale metropolis council. She started her position on Might 6, 2024.
Brief’s resignation is the most recent shakeup on the Porterdale metropolis supervisor seat lately. Longtime supervisor Bob Thomson resigned from the put up in 2019 after allegations of monetary mismanagement. He was succeeded by interim supervisor Robert Witcher from late 2019 till August 2020.
After Witcher’s resignation, Frank Etheridge assumed the interim metropolis supervisor position. Etheridge was later promoted to everlasting metropolis supervisor and held the position till February 2024 earlier than he resigned to turn into the assistant metropolis supervisor of Lula.
Lance Jones grew to become town’s interim supervisor for 3 months earlier than Brief’s appointment. Jones will once more function interim metropolis supervisor within the wake of Brief’s departure.
The town is predicted to vote on its FY27 funds within the coming days. A presentation for the proposed FY27 funds is ready for June 18.
Nonetheless, a known as assembly can be held two days prior on June 16 for an “various funds” created by Publish 2 Councilwoman Halima Muhammad. This funds consists of the reallocation of $356,126 in funds to numerous different departments.
