UPSON'S
COUNTY MANAGER JIM WHEELESS SAID AN OUT-POURING OF
SUPPORT FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND
CITIZENS CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT
A
RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK.
WHEELESS
TOLD NEW COMMISSION CHAIRMAN NORMAN ALLEN ON MONDAY THEIR
MANAGEMENT STYLES DON'T JIVE AND HE PLANNED TO ANNOUNCE
HIS RETIREMENT AT TUESDAY'S MEETING. BUT BETWEEN MONDAY AND
TUESDAY'S MEETING HE WAS ENCOURAGED TO STAY WHEN WORD GOT
OUT HE WOULD BE RETIRING—SO THAT ANNOUNCEMENT NEVER CAME.
AFTER
THE BOARD EXITED EXECUTIVE SESSION—TUESDAY--CHAIRMAN
ALLEN—WHO HAS A POLICY OF NOT VOTING EXCEPT TO BREAK A
TIE—MADE A MOTION TO DISMISS WHEELESS AND THE OTHER NEW
COMMISSIONER JAMES ELLINGTON CAST A VOTE TO SUPPORT HIS
TERMINATION—A 3 TO 1 VOTE FOR WHEELESS TO REMAIN COUNTY
MANAGER.
IN
A STATEMENT RELEASED WEDNESDAY---CHAIRMAN ALLEN TOLD ZOOM
NEWS HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE MANAGER'S INTENTIONS TO
RETIRE—BUT HE BELIEVES ONCE SOMEONE EXPRESSES RESERVATIONS
ABOUT A JOB ITS NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO STAY-ON—SO HE MADE
THE MOTION TO DISMISS HIM.
HE
ALSO INDICATED HE CAN MOVE-ON FROM THIS AND WORK WITH
WHEELESS.
JIM
TOLD US HE PLANS TO RELEASE A STATEMENT DEALING WITH
EVENTS THIS WEEK.
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