Misc Info on Recent Canton City Managers

Billy Peppers Named Canton's Next City Manager
Peppers, the former economic development director for the city of Woodstock, will begin his new role June 15.
By Kristal Dixon (Patch Staff) - Updated Jun 1, 2015 9:08 pm ET
The city of Canton will soon have a new face serving as manager of its operations.
The City Council at its called meeting on Monday voted to hire Billy Peppers as the next city manager. Council members voted 4-1, with Hooky Huffman opposing, to appoint Peppers to the position. Councilman John Rust was not present.
The Council’s vote was made following a roughly 20-minute executive session held at the beginning of the meeting. Huffman did not say why he opposed the appointment, but noted he stated his reasons during the closed session.
The Council’s affirmation was met with applause from the audience, which had gathered in the new council chambers for the meeting. It was the first meeting the City Council held in the renovated sanctuary since the summer. The city had to temporarily suspend hosting Council meetings in the space so it could resolve lingering sound and audio issues.
Mayor Gene Hobgood said Peppers will start June 15 (2015), and will have an annual salary of $120,000. Along with medical benefits, Peppers will have a monthly car allowance of $600, a city-issued cell phone and laptop computer and the standard vacation and sick leave granted to all employees. If Peppers’ contract is terminated without cause, Hobgood noted he’d receive a three-month severance package.
Peppers is the former economic development director for the city of Woodstock. He also served as the executive director of the Woodstock Downtown Development Authority and director of Main Street Woodstock. He left the city in 2013 to take a job as the director of downtown development with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
Peppers was the sole candidate for the position, which became vacant earlier last month with the resignation of former City Manager Glen Cummins.
Cummins, the former Ward 3 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 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.