Stephanie Cutter has been named the next city manager for the city of Savannah.
Savannah City Council voted unanimously to offer her the job today. Originally, the group had been scheduled only to extend her role as acting city manager.
Cutter was named acting city manager Oct. 4 after council, in a split vote, accepted the resignation of Rochelle Small-Toney.
At the time, Cutter said she had no interest in the job permanently, but from the start some council members and many employees encouraged her to reconsider. By January, when council by charter had to vote to extend her acting role, Cutter said she would be open to taking the job “if the time comes.”
Read more in Friday's Savannah Morning News and here at savannahnow.com.