After seven years of service, Centreville Town Manager Bob McGrory resigned Thursday following a DWI arrest that occurred in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day. He was driving a town owned vehicle.
“He performed his job excellently,” said Centreville Councilman Tim McCluskey. “He was an excellent town manager.”
The Centreville Town Council unanimously accepted McGrory’s resignation on Jan. 3 after two private meetings with council members.
McClusky could not speak to the details of McGrory’s resignation—specifically on whether McGrory was asked to resign or did so voluntarily, but McClusky said it was a “very difficult situation.”
“Please accept my resignation from the position of Town Manager for the Town of Centreville, effective at 5PM on January 3, 2013,” wrote McGrory in his resignation. “It has been my great pleasure to serve the Town Council and citizens of Centreville for the last six years. I have the greatest respect for the hard work each of you does for your constituents. In recent years, through the leadership of the Town Council, the Town has adapted to tremendous growth and made significant progress in updating its services, infrastructure, policies, and procedures. There is an outstanding staff and leadership team in place to continue to build on this effort and move the Town forward. I believe the Town’s best interests are served by this decision, and my family and I look forward to enjoying the future of this great community.”
Centreville Public Works Director Steve Walls was immediately elevated to acting Town Manager of Centreville.
“The town has all the confidence in the world in [Walls] as public works director and now as the acting town manager,” McCluskey said. “Before we hired him, Walls had recently been the town manager of Sudlersville and Millington, and did a fantastic job.”
Walls was hired in July after serving many years in QAC Government. He has held the positions of QAC Director of Parks and Recreation and QAC Director of Public Works.
Walls is a graduate of Chesapeake College and the University of Maryland and holds Master’s degree in Public Administration from Wilmington College.
Mcklusky said a replacement for Walls in public works is “still being ironed out.”
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