Former Thomasville City Manager Tom Berry was introduced Wednesday morning as interim general manager of the Albany’s Water, Gas & Light Commission at that board’s mid-month meeting.

Berry, who became the city of Thomasville’s utility manager after leaving his position with Georgia Power and later served for a decade as the Rose City’s city manager, said he will be with WG&L for “as long as it takes them to find a permanent general manager.”

“I’ve never been one for sitting back and observing,” Berry said after sitting in on his first commission board meeting. “I’ve been doing this a long time, and there are certain processes that I’ll want to see in place. They’ll use a different terminology, call things by names I’m not used to, but in general there are things in this industry that are the same everywhere.

“I think the board members and the staff will create the urgency as to what we need to turn our attention to first, but I’m looking forward to working here to make this the most efficient organization it can be.”

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