The City Manager is appointed by the Mayor and City Council to run day-to-day functions of the city as well as provide information in the form of the City Budget and financial statements as generated by the manager and the city clerk. 

The City is comprised of nearly 80 employees within three primary functions:

1. Administration / City Hall
   • Utility Billing
   • Accounts Payable,
   • Community Development,
   • Main Street - Economic Development,
   • HR/Payroll;
2. Public Safety:
   • Police Patrol
   • Investigations-CID
   • Administration
   • Municipal Court Services);
3. Street Maintenance / Public Works:
   • Grounds Maintenance
   • Fleet Maintenance
   • Utilities:
     • Water and Wastewater System,
     • Stormwater Management
     • Sanitation. 

Tim Young, originally from Tennessee, received degrees in Finance and Accounting from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and completed all necessary courses in Urban and Regional Planning at UT-K before joining Henry County Planning and Zoning in the mid to late 1990s. After another year in 2000 at the City of McDonough, Mr. Young moved on to Columbia County, GA as a Principal Planner between 2001 - 2004, when he was sought out to become the city's initial Community Development Director. Young became City Manager in April 2012 and continues training with the American Planning Association and the International City Management Association. 

Current focus areas for 2023 are Transportation/Mobility, including getting the T-SPLOST projects completed as soon as practical as well as critical Capital Projects of the Veterans' Park/Scatter Garden along with continued renovations at City Hall.  

Mr. Young is also working on continued enhancement to general governance and succession planning with the Assistant City Manager - Bert Foster and City Clerk - Misty Spurling among the other Department Heads and the City Council/Mayor.