Calhoun City Administrator Eddie Peterson has been suspended from his job for 30 days following a DUI arrest over the weekend.
Peterson was suspended following a “a special emergency meeting and executive session to discuss a personnel matter of exigent circumstances timing” on Tuesday.
During the meeting the council also voted to make Assistant City Administrator Paul Worley the acting city administrator during the suspension.
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According to Gordon County jail reports: Franklin Eddie Peterson, 69, of 266 Mt. Vernon Drive, Calhoun, was arrested Saturday at about 4:30 p.m.
Calhoun City Administrator, Eddie Peterson Arrested on Suspected DUI Charges.
A spokesman for the Calhoun City Police Department has confirmed the arrest and that a report will be forthcoming. (No Pic Avail).
Reports said that this happened just before 8 pm Sat. and
