Powder Springs Mayor Patricia Vaughn announced during Monday’s city council meeting the selection of Pam Conner as the new city manager with official confirmation scheduled during the council’s next meeting at 7 p.m. April 6.
Vaughn said there had been five finalists, including Conner, but two had withdrawn.
Conner has been serving as the interim city manager to replace Brad Hulsey, also the city’s former mayor, who announced his resignation in September and left on Nov. 21.
By a 3-2 vote in September, the city council decided to hire a search firm at no more than $28,500 to find a new city manager, with Councilwoman Nancy Hudson and Councilman Al Thurman opposed.
Hudson and Thurman also opposed the selection of Conner, the city’s director of the Community Development Department, as the interim city manager.
Conner, who holds a law degree, has served on the city’s staff for 17 years, Vaughn said.
Powder Springs has had four city managers in the last 10 years, not counting three interim city managers.
Mayor since 2005, Vaughn has been the interim city manager twice for nearly three years during city manager searches.
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