Peggy R. Cook | |
Office: | City Administrator |
Term Start: | July 2004 |
Term End: | 2007 |
Predecessor: | Darnell Earley |
Successor: | Darryl Buchanan |
Office2: | City Council Member |
Term Start2: | 1991 |
Term End2: | July 2004 |
Successor2: | Joshua Freeman |
Birth Date: | July 8, 1939 |
Restingplace: | Alabama |
Citizenship: | USA |
Spouse: | Robert “Bob” Cook |
Residence: | Flint |
Peggy R. Cook (July 8, 1939 – December 24, 2011[1]) 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.[3] 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.[3]
On December 24, 2011, Cook died at Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc Twp.[3] and was buried in Alabama.[1]