Former South Pittsburg Mayor Mike KillianSOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. – When South Pittsburg city commissioners moved recently to hire two part-time public works employees, it led to some hard feelings among city officials.
Records show Commissioner Charles Reynolds motioned to hire the workers even though the topic was not on the meeting’s agenda and the money to pay the workers was not specified in this year’s budget.
The board voted unanimously to approve the motion, but when City Administrator Bently Thomas questioned privately the validity of the move and the need for the workers, Reynolds got upset.
Reynolds said Thomas’s objections changed the way he views the city administrator.
Reynolds said he thought originally that Thomas would be an excellent city administrator, but he doesn’t think that anymore.