The Residents of Brookhaven demand the Resignation or Termination for Cause of Christian Sigman, Brookhaven City Manager, under Section X A1,11,12a and 12b of Sigman's 2024 Employment Agreement, for some, though not all these reasons.

Creating a false illusion of sound financial stewardship in financial reports and the media, while incurring thousands of dollars in late fees on chronically delinquent utility bill payments.  Shifting revenues between funds and drawing down on reserves while non-essential and frivolous spending continues unabated.

FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT

• Cash and Investment Reserves.  Reserve accounts drained during 2025; withdrawals accelerated in 2024.
• The Special Services District Fund tax revenues have not grown as projected.  Rising bond repayments and expenses have left little money for infrastructure improvements.
• The Special Tax District Fund, from inception, was actuarially unsound, resulting in a volatile, unpredictable revenue stream.
• Sigman failed to manage the city's credit card spending.  Questionable expenses uncovered by the public included 5-star hotels and restaurants, shopping sprees at discount stores Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Hobby Lobby, and out-of-state florist orders.

CITY CENTER CONSTRUCTION MISMANAGEMENT

• As City Manager, Sigman oversaw the City Center construction project, which devolved into financial chaos, resulting in 42 Construction change orders, 9 Amendments to the Architectural Agreement, and millions in cost overruns.  Costs to date, including the Peachtree Overlay District Requirement, are $84 million.
• Negligence, lack of attention to detail, and an absolute failure to "connect the dots" between the color-changing exterior paint, architectural renderings, and a postcard showing the finished City Center resulted in a $1 million loss to taxpayers.
• Sigman approved and signed the critical Change Order #24, though he did not date it, upgrading to specialty color-changing paint for $45,154 and creating a color collision with the now-removed dome glass tiles.
• Falsely claiming City Center construction was "on budget" while simultaneously signing Change Orders showing the GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price) far exceeded $63.5 million construction costs, had blown through reserves, as reflected on the monthly Fides Development Reports.  
• Even more untenable is Sigman’s efforts to mask these financial disasters, particularly through multiple City Center Change Orders totaling just shy of $100K, thereby evading City Council approval and public knowledge on the sheer number of change orders and reasons behind them.

MEDIA INTERVIEWS

• For years, Sigman repeatedly LIED to the Media as part of the ongoing effort to perpetuate the false illusion that the City's finances were sound and prudent, City Center construction costs were on budget, and other topics, knowing the public would rely on the false information, including the fateful May 28, 2025, WSB interview.

QUESTIONABLE PAYMENTS (Two examples)

• Diverted tax revenues to a known person(s) ostensibly for "consulting services" and established an irregular, two-week payment cycle.
• Diverted tax revenues to a suspicious social non-profit, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with a dead website, and whose physical address was merely a mailbox pickup location.

Sigman's leadership, fiscal irresponsibility, poor financial practices, and a shocking lack of accountability.  Brookhaven needs a City Manager who prioritizes Brookhaven, exercises sensible, common-sense spending of our tax dollars, manages large projects without spiraling into financial chaos, and puts Brookhaven First.

Please sign this petition if you agree that it’s time for a change in leadership for the future prosperity of Brookhaven.