After 22 years of service to the Town of Alto, Mayor Audrey Turner announced Tuesday that she would be retiring from her position as mayor as of March 31.
“I appreciate the citizen’s support in the time I’ve been here,” Turner said. “I’m going to rest for a while, take care of my family.”
Turner tells Now Habersham that following the pandemic and helping her husband navigate health issues, she’s ready to take a step back from an overwhelming workload. She says that she’s accomplished everything she had hoped to in over two decades as mayor, and more.
“I love the people in the town, and the town, that’s why I’ve been here,” Turner said. “But it’s time.”
Post 1 Councilman Turner Griffith, who beat out incumbent Carolyn Cabe in the town’s November election by one vote, resigned from his post by letter.
“Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to work in this position for the past few months, I’ve greatly enjoyed and appreciated the opportunities,” Griffith wrote. “I have had to come across, and I have had to learn, many valuable lessons, all of which I will take with me throughout my career and my life.”
Griffith says he left his post due to “unforeseen circumstances,” that have caused him to move away from the Town of Alto.
The city will have an election to fill those open council seats in November of this year.
