The Menlo City Council has voted to fire longtime city attorney Arch Farrar and has expressed interest in replacing him with local attorney, Sutton Connelly. 

The council gave no clear reason for the decision to replace Farrar, except to say that there could be a “conflict of interest”.  The council did not elaborate on what that conflict of interest might be.  The decision to fire Farrar came at a meeting in which Menlo Mayor Allan Keen was absent due to a medical procedure.

WZQZ News spoke with Sutton Connelly on Thursday.  Connelly said that he is doing his due diligence in considering the offer and felt honored that the council would consider him for the position.  Connelly said that he has had some informal conversations with Mayor Keen about the position and expects to make a decision on the offer from the city council in the near future.

Connelly is the grandson of famed Chattooga County Attorney Bobby Lee Cook and the son of Judge Kristina Cook Graham and has practiced law in Chattooga County for over fifteen years.