Canton Prepares To Choose City Manager

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Canton leaders on Monday will hold a called meeting to consider appointing the sole finalist to its city manager position.

The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. June 1 to consider the City Manager Search Committee’s recommendation to name Billy Peppers to the position.

Peppers is the sole candidate for the position, which became vacant earlier this month with the resignation of former City Manager Glen Cummins.

Cummins, the former City Council member who’d only served in the post for less than a year, was tapped to serve in the role last summer.

He was named a finalist for the position after Peppers, who was originally announced in March 2014 by Mayor Gene Hobgood as the finalist for the role, withdrew his name from consideration after it was revealed his appointment did not have the backing of the entire council.

After Peppers withdrew is name as finalist, Cummins then submitted his name to be considered for the post.

Peppers, who is the former economic services director for the city of Woodstock, is the current director of downtown development with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.

Tell us: should Canton leaders approve Peppers as its next city manager?

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Photo credit: Billy Peppers/Facebook