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Century Officially Hires Vernon Prather As Interim City Manager
January 23, 2020
The Town of Century has finalized an employment contract with Vernon Prather as interim city manager.
Prather will be paid $40 an hour for 30 hours per week, or $1,200 per week. He will have complete control over his work schedule and hours worked. If he exceeds 30 hours per week, he will not be paid overtime but will be allowed to take comp time off at his discretion. He will also receive a $600 per month vehicle allowance, but will not receive employee benefits such as vacation, retirement or insurance.
The contract ends December 1, 2020, unless renewed.
Prather began working for the town on a consulting basis as part of a $35 an hour package deal when Buz Eddy came on board in July. Prather served Gulf Breeze in various positions from 2006 to 2017, including director of public services, operations consultant and assistant city manager, while Eddy retired as Gulf Breeze city manager in 2017 after 25 years on the job. Prather holds wastewater and water certifications in addition his on the job experience.
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6 Responses to “Century Officially Hires Vernon Prather As Interim City Manager”
Stop thee bleeding and get rid of the Mayor and all the council members. Century can’t even pay their bills but yet they vote to spend more of the tax payers money. What does it take to wake up the people of this town. Lets void this contract and get rid of the garbage in Century starting with the Mayor. .
Chris,
I can see why they needed to hire an extra hand.
The mayor keeps very busy.
“What does the Mayor’s job include?”
Wearing bow ties. Doing nothing. Losing money. Buying airline tickets.
Lets see…say its three(3) 10 hour days per week. thats $50 per
day for travel and $400 per day in pay. no pension, no insurance,
no vacation. seems a bit high but compared to bureaucrats though out
Government maybe its a good deal ! I’d also think His expertise is
what the doctor ordered for the people of Century!
What does the Mayor’s job include?
I thought the Mayor was supposed to run the town.
When is his contract up? Can he be fired at anytime? Hopefully the next mayor wont need Prather to run the city for him. A less expensive fix would be a full time Grant writer and a competent mayor. I’m not sure the bunch that’s running century could run a McDonald’s .