Peggy R. Cook
City Administrator
In office
July 2004 – 2007[1]
Preceded byDarnell Earley
Succeeded byDarryl Buchanan
City Council Member
In office
1991 – July 2004[1]
Succeeded byJoshua Freeman
Constituency4th Ward, City of Flint[2]
Personal details
BornJuly 8, 1939
DiedDecember 24, 2011(2011-12-24) (aged 72)
Grand Blanc Township, Michigan[1]
Resting placeAlabama[3]
CitizenshipUSA
SpouseRobert “Bob” Cook[3]
ResidenceFlint

Peggy R. Cook (July 8, 1939 – December 24, 2011[3]) was a politician in Flint, Michigan.

Cook was a community organizer on the East side of Flint in its 4th Ward, where she involved in neighborhood associations and starting neighborhood foot patrol.[2]

In 1991, Cook was elected to the Flint City Council. She continue to get reelected and served until July 2003. At that time, Flint Mayor Don Wiliamson appointed Cook as City Administrator.[1] In 2007, Cook was on extended sick leave for six months while a councilman, Scott Kincaid, question whether or not she had enough sick time accumulated. The Flint City Benefit Manager indicated that a city ordinance allows for extended sick pay at 75% pay. Her husband Bob was also serving as the City's director of parks and recreation.[4]

In December 2007, Cook was replaced as Flint City Administrator,[5] only to return in March 2008 as governmental operations director replacing former State Senator Joe Conroy[6] until Williamson resigned from office of the Mayor in 2009.[1]

On December 24, 2011, Cook died at Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc Twp.[1] and was buried in Alabama.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kolade, Sherri (December 26, 2011). "Former Flint Councilwoman Peggy R. Cook dies at 73". Flint Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 Kolade, Sherri (December 26, 2011). "Former city officials recall former Flint City Councilman Peggy Cook as involved in community, kind". Flint Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "COOK, Peggy R." Obituaries. Swartz Funeral Home. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Johnston, Jeff (November 28, 2007). "Flint city administrator on sick leave for six months". Flint Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Raymer, Marjory (December 3, 2007). "Buchanan accepts top Flint post, now faces City Council". Flint Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Lawlor, Joe (March 21, 2008). "Former administrator returns to Flint City Hall in top leadership job". Flint Journal. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
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