A commission room full of residents showed up this past week to hear the Walker County, Georgia, Board of Commissioners discuss the possibility of hiring a county manager to help Chairman Shannon Whitfield administer his duties.
District 4 Commissioner Robert Stultz, who represents areas including Lookout Mountain, the Chattanooga Valley, Kensington, Center Post and West Brow, said he was frustrated by being stonewalled on government projects approved by the commission.
A year ago, the commission decided to combine animal control and the animal shelter, he said, but the action “was still sitting on the chair’s desk.” Stultz also said Whitfield didn’t communicate with the board on the recent hiring of two employees.
“The board has been slow-walked on some things,” said District 2 Commissioner Mark Askew, who represents areas in the middle portion of Walker County including Chickamauga.
Askew said he agreed that policy and procedures decided by the board haven’t been implemented by Whitfield.