Entire Manchester City Public Building Authority Board Resigns

Sunday evening at 8PM, Thunder Radio (of Peterson Media Group) received an email from Megan Jackson, Chairman of the Public Building Authority (PBA).

“The Public Building Authority (PBA) is a volunteer board selected by Manchester’s Mayor and alderman. It consists of seven volunteers that provide oversight of the management of Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center building, a county/city asset.

Manchester Mayor, Joey Hobbs, recently attended a PBA Board Meeting to provide an update on his intention to utilize the property as office space for his new tourism department and welcome center. With this new use of the building, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Alderman (BOMA) are not planning to provide funding for what we have known as the Manchester/Coffee County Conference Center.

Due to the lack of funding and change of use for the property, the current PBA Board members have submitted notice of their resignation to the mayor effective immediately. In doing so, this will allow Mayor Hobbs the opportunity to select new PBA Board Members to sign the City’s lease agreement and carry out his plans for the new tourism department. The PBA Board recently voted for the lease agreement and wish nothing but the best for the new PBA Board and the new department”.

PBA Board Members include: Tiffany Hillsman, Zak Lowry, Megan Jackson, Jake Shelton, Ken Huddleston, Holly Jones and David Bradley.