Former Lee County manager out as Monroe interim city cdministrator
Ron Rabun terminated from interim city manager post
From Staff Reports
MONROE — Former Lee County Manager Ron Rabun, who was relieved of his duties by the Lee County Board of Commissioners in late 2015, has been terminated from his position as interim city administrator of Monroe, Ga., according to multiple media reports.
According to both The Monroe-Local and The Walton Tribune, Rabun’s contract with the city was terminated immediately following an executive session of the Monroe City Council during that body’s January meeting.
In response to the news, Monroe Mayor Greg Thompson was quoted by The Monroe-Local as saying Rabun’s contract was set to expire in May, but the decision was made “to go ahead and terminate his services now.”
“Ron’s a great guy, but he is just not the right fit for the city,” Thompson was quoted as saying.
The decision comes roughly eight months after Rabun was hired as an independent contractor to fill the role vacated by former Monroe City Administrator Matthew Clancey in May. The Monroe position was Rabun’s first official job after being let go by the Lee County Commission in Nov. 2015.
A prepared statement issued the night the Lee County board parted ways with Rabun stated that the county was terminating Rabun’s agreement, “with cause in accord with paragraph 7(B) of that employment agreement due to Mr. Rabun’s repeated gross abuses of Lee County ordinances, Mr. Rabun’s failure or refusal to follow certain directions of his employer, Mr. Rabun’s failure or refusal to carry out his duties under his employment contract in a proper, satisfactory and professional manner, and Mr. Rabun’s breach of his employment contract.”
Just a few months after that decision, in March 2016, Rabun filed a breach of contract lawsuit in Lee County Superior Court alleging that the action taken by the commission was “arbitrary and capricious and not based on any rational or justifiable basis.” In the suit, Rabun also contends that his termination was “based on personal and political reasons.”
That lawsuit is still pending.
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