DALTON, Ga. – City aldermen today voted to boot Dalton’s city court judge hours after asking the city court administrator to resign.
An interim judge has been appointed to replace Judge Jerry Moncus.
The councilmen and the mayor are giving little reason for the dismissals beyond expressing a desire to move the court in a different direction. Administrator David Hamil resigned earlier in the day.
Moncus, who sat through Monday’s council meeting, said he had no formal meeting with the council about the firing and that no reason was given to him.
He said Mayor David Pennington, City Attorney Jim Bisson and City Administrator Ty Ross had all contacted him earlier Monday asking for a resignation, but he refused.