Pell City selects new City Manager

Brian Muenger

The city council in Pell City unanimously approved Monday to offer the cities vacant city manager’s job to current Talladega City Manger Brian Muenger.

Three of the applicants who applied for the job currently live out of state, but one of those candidates served as a city manager in Alabama.

Those who applied for the job included former Anniston City Manager Don Hoyt; Richard Tucker, of Pell City; Alan Grindstaff, of Maize, Kansas; William Whitson, of Lynn-Haven, Florida; and former Pell City Councilman Darrin DeLoach.

Muenger has served as the Talladega city manager for four years. He also served two years as Talladega's assistant city manager.

Pell City will pay him more than what he is making with the city of Talladega.

The city manager’s position has been vacant since October 2014 after former City Manager Patrick Draper resigned from the position.

Draper held the position for about two years before resigning. The former city manager was paid $50,000 by the city council to serve as a consultant for four months.

City officials said Draper’s annual salary was about $105,000.

Draper initially was making about $80,000 but received a substantial pay raise after he completed his first year on the job.

The council is required to approve the new contract with Muenger once it is finalized and Muenger officially accepts the position.