Clayton hires New City Manager

A new City Manager will hopefully be in place by the end of the month.  The City of Clayton recently hired Trudy Crunkleton for the position, says Clayton Mayor Kurt Cannon.  “We are very happy to have Trudy Crunkleton coming on board with us and she’ll be hopefully starting before the end of this month.”  Mayor Cannon says she is a native of Rabun County.  “She is actually from Clayton originally or down in the Tiger area of Bridgecreek.  She has been away for some time working for some different cities.  She worked for the City of Carrollton and started a new Parks Department for them.  She had about 30 employees by the time she finished there and then she went on to a couple of other cities.  More recently, she has been working in Clarkesville with their downtown development projects and bringing businesses into their downtown area.”  Clayton is planning a meet and greet for her once she begins work in the City.