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Residents Concerned About East Ridge Manager Turnover

78 views · Published 11 February 2013 · 2:04 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: WTVC NewsChannel 9 · 2013 · News & Politics

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By Jerry Askin  There's uproar in East Ridge over the resignation of their city manager. Tim Gobble officially resigned at Thursday night's city council meeting.  Gobble wasn't home Friday when we went by his house, wanting to find out why he resigned. NewsChannel 9 later found out that East Ridge has seen a total of eight city managers over the past 20 years. The longest served only five years, while one man served only two months in office.They should be settled with someone for a long time, this doesn't make sense, says East Ridge resident Mary Eischen.These guys will come in, do the dirty work, and then leave with a settlement, and it's just wrong, says East Ridge resident John Turnipseed.Some residents say they are in shock to find out that according to Gobble's resignation agreement, he'll still get his base salary and health benefits for seven months.  It'll cost city taxpayers $72,000 dollars.If someone else does wrong on a job, they get fired, they don't get a paycheck, says Turnipseed.Many now question how the city will stay afloat and who will take over. NewsChannel 9 found out that Eddie Phillips will serve as the Interim city manager until they find a new one. Monday February 11th, the East Ridge City Council will meet to discuss hiring a new city manager. The meeting will be at 6:00pm.Interim city manager Eddie Phillip is confident the city will move forward.The city is weathering a lot of storms, and we'll weather this one.  Everyone's in it together, and I feel like we'll be fine, says Phillips.Depend on us to let you know when the city hires a new city manager.

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