The City Manager provides administrative direction to all of the City’s 60 full-time and part-time employees and volunteers. City departments include Police, Fire, Water Treatment, Wastewater Treatment, Water & Sewer, Natural Gas, Streets, Cemetery, Main Street and General Government. Risk Management and Human Resources are part of the City Manager’s responsibilities. 

Eric Taylor came aboard as Social Circle’s City Manager in July 2021.

Prior to beginning his career with the City, Mr. Taylor was a senior assistant city manager for Johns Creek for about 5 years. He was the city administrator for Smyrna from October 2009 to November 2014 and was Smyrna’s assistant city administrator from March 2006 to October 2009.

Mr. Taylor has experience supervising large-scale development projects, including a renovation of Johns Creek city hall and a conversion of a 48-acre, 700-plus-unit apartment complex into high-end single-family homes in Smyrna.

He has professional memberships in the International City/County Management Association and the Georgia City/County Management Association.

He earned a Master’s in public administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. He attended the International School of Kenya from 1986-1988. 

Eric J. Taylor

City Manager

(770) 464-6901

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