Brookhaven bureaucrat will resign after pay dispute
Brookhaven is parting ways with its well-paid city manager, who earned a $214,000 base salary plus benefits.
The city and Brookhaven City Manager Marie Garrett have agreed to a $225,000 settlement that calls for her resignation and avoids potentially costly litigation.
Garrett earned one of the highest salaries among city managers in Georgia municipalities with populations over 50,000 residents, according to a state survey.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
