City Manager Eyes Another Position

Russell Treadway, who has been city manager in Snellville since 2008, may soon learn whether he is chosen to be the administrator in an east Tennessee city.

The mayor and aldermen's board of Sevierville, Tenn., will meet today to discuss the position of city administrator, and Treadway is being considered. The meeting is at 7 p.m.

Treadway, a native of east Tennessee, previously served as city manager in Elizabethton, Tenn., where he was fired in 2007, according to media reports. Before than, he also served for several years as city administrator in Sevierville, according to the The Mountain Press.

Treadway interviewed for his old job back last month, and he was the only candidate asked to proceed with the process, The Mountain Press reported. In his interview, Treadway told Sevierville officials that he wanted to return to the area, the media report stated.

Treadway, who has been in the middle of recent in-fighting, came to Snellville after a four-month search and another tumultuous time for the city's image. Jim Brooks, who is the current executive director for Evermore CID, was the city's interim city manager before Treadway began.

Prior to Brooks, Jeff Timler was Snellville's city manager and then resigned in 2006 after more than three years on the job. He is now a special projects manager in Dunwoody, Ga.

If Treadway leaves, Snellville will be left without a permanent city manager and city attorney. Stuart Oberman is the current interim city attorney, and

He took over for Tony Powell, who left once newly minted Mayor Kelly Kautz was sworn in. City officials have said that Powell left, in part, because it was clear Kautz wanted to chose someone else.

In August, Snellville lost another city staffer in Harmit Bedi. He abruptly resigned as city planner. Officials never gave a reason for .

Kautz, then a council member, told Snellville Patch she believed the departure "was driven by the actions of my fellow council members and the fact that Mr. Bedi was not a member of their 'clique.'" Other council members have disagreed with Kautz, but did not offer an explanation for the change.

Losing Treadway as city manager will be yet another shake-up for Snellville's city government. Snellville Patch will follow up when a decision is made in Sevierville, Tenn.