Statesboro’s mayor and council on Friday afternoon officially chose Jason Boyles, the current assistant city manager and already a 25-year employee of the city government, as the only finalist to be the next city manager. City Council’s latest specially called meeting in the manager search process had convened at 2 p.m., with the council immediately voting to go into closed-door session for a personnel interview or deliberation. Three hours later, the doors were reopened to reporters and the few city staff members who had waited. Mayor Jonathan McCollar announced that Boyles was being named the finalist, and asked for a motion. District 4 Councilmember John Riggs made the motion to name Boyles the finalist, seconded by District 3’s Ginny Hendley, and the vote was 4-0, unanimous with the District 2 seat currently vacant. “We had 30-plus applicants for the role, we had applicants from across the country, from Texas, from Florida, from North Carolina, the Midwest,” McCollar said when asked to recap the search. “It was a very robust pool of highly talented people from multiple facets that applied to be the city manager for our community.” After current City Manager Charles Penny announced June 2 that he will retire effective Jan. 1, 2027, the council in July hired Developmental Associates, headquartered at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to conduct a national search for his successor. From the more than 30 applicants, the mayor and council first shortened the list to 10, then to…
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