Catoosa County, Ga., Manager Jim Walker resigned Tuesday night.
The item was not on the county commission’s agenda. But at the beginning of Tuesday’s meeting, Commissioner Ray Johnson announced elected officials would discuss a personnel decision during a closed-door, executive session. The commissioners then met away from the public for about an hour.
County Attorney Clifton “Skip” Patty then shuffled to the administrative room and asked Sheriff Gary Sisk to escort Walker to his office, where he could get his coat.
After Walker left the building, the commissioners unanimously voted to accept his resignation. Walker and county officials will negotiate a settlement. His contract, which the commission extended in October, ran through 2019.
Catoosa County Manager Jim WalkerWhen he came on board three years ago, the commission agreed to pay Walker $125,000 a year. County CFO Carl Henson said Tuesday night that the commissioners gave him a pay raise in March, though Henson could not remember the specific amount.