After more than five years at the helm of Shelby government, City Manager Dee Freeman has announced his plans to resign. Freeman is engaged to be married and is preparing to relocate to Raleigh. Although he hasn't set an official resignation date, Freeman said he will work at least through June to complete the upcoming city budget. Freeman said Mayor Mike Philbeck and city council are aware that he is leaving.
Folks can rest assured on the public side that all the city's business is being attended to.
I'm proud of our employees and all they have done to adjust to the changes and the new way of doing business. Philbeck said Freeman will be missed. He's one of the most highly professional managers in the state of North Carolina. He's highly known and respected throughout the state. We're just glad that he is happy and we wish him the best.