With a more defined outlook regarding his professional future, City Manager Frank Parker has begun reviewing and formulating long-term options for the City of Statesboro as it embarks on the tenure of just its third city manager. Parker, a former city councilman and long-time Statesboro resident, was announced last week as Statesboro’s full-time manager, relinquishing an interim tag that had been attached to the job since taking over for Shane Haynes in October 2010. With the role officially his, Parker is beginning to assess ideas to help stabilize and advance a city previously in flux – which has paid thousands of dollars in settlement money, faced a deficit in its budget and appeared before the Georgia Supreme Court for allegedly conducting secret meetings during the past year.