Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce will ask his colleagues Tuesday to make deputy county manager Jackie McMorris the new county manager.
The proposal is included in next week’s meeting agenda (you can read it here).
McMorris, who was named Cobb’s first deputy county manager in October 2017, had been designated as the interim county manager effective April 1, when current county manager Rob Hosack retires.
Hosack, of East Cobb, had been county manager since longtime county manager David Hankerson retired in 2017, and announced last month he would be stepping down.
The resolution to be voted on Tuesday calls for a contract for McMorris through the end of 2023.
The county manager directs the day-to-day governance of county government departments and a workforce of 5,000.
McMorris came to Cobb in 2013 as the director of the Cobb Public Services Agency, following jobs as the chief of staff for the Fulton District Attorney’s Office, and for Cherokee County government as community services director and special assistant to the county manager.
In her job as Cobb deputy county manager, McMorris’ duties included serving as the county’s official lobbyist to the Georgia General Assembly, as well as working with the Board of Commissioners and business and community leaders.
She holds a doctorate degree in adult education, training and development from the University of Arkansas.
Tuesday’s meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the second-floor board room of the Cobb government building, 100 Cherokee St., in downtown Marietta.
On Monday, commissioners will meet there at 1:30 a.m. for a work session, which includes annual updates about the Cumberland Community Improvement District and Truist Park (formerly SunTrust Park) and The Battery.
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