Statesboro City Council on Tuesday fired City Manager Frank Parker after he said, during a staff meeting last week, that he sometimes met in private with a quorum of council members — a violation of the Georgia Open Meetings Act. The vote was 3-2, with Mayor Pro Tem Will Britt and Councilman Gary Lewis opposed. At the recommendation of Mayor Jan Moore, the council is also asking Municipal Court Judge Keith Barber to appoint an attorney with no ties with Statesboro to conduct an investigation into whether Parker's comments had any merit.