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MEIGS, GA (WALB) - The leader of one south Georgia town calls it quits.

After less than three years on the job, Meigs Mayor Andrew Wurst resigned Monday night.

We couldn't reach Wurst Wednesday, but another city official told us he wasn't surprised by Wurst's decision.

Meigs Police Chief Chris Luckey says he wasn't surprised Wurst resigned, but he didn't think it would happen so soon. "I had suspected it, just from things that have been going on, his lack of involvement, and he had indicated that he had some medical issues."

Now former mayor Andrew Wurst turned in his keys to city hall Tuesday, more than a year before the end of his first term.

"With any small town, there are going to be rumors. And it seems like the smaller the town, the more rumors float. And of course every town around us, big towns, small towns, every town around us is having financial problems," said Luckey.

At last week's county commission meeting, Meigs resident Al Ryan said the city may not be able to remain chartered.

But Luckey says that is just not true. "Losing our mayor, resigning on Monday night, of course that just escalated the rumors, but as it stands right now we have no intentions. But it's no secret, we are in a financial bind. As well as every other area around us."

Sales representative for Meherrin Agricultural and Chemical Company Paul Herndon says while he knows many other Meigs businesses have gone under, they continue to thrive. "We'll be here. You know we love being in Meigs. The city handles us well and we feel welcome here. So we'll be here as long as we can."

Luckey says he expects, in time, the city will fix their financial woes. "It's not something that is going to happen overnight because the problems that led us to this did not happen overnight. In the long run I think it will work out and we'll be better than we ever have."

Mayor Pro Tem Cynthia Chaney says Wurst told her he was moving outside of the city limits which would not allow him to continue being the mayor.

Chaney says the city council is considering having a special election in December to elect the new mayor.


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