CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL
MEETING
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 4, 2003
A special meeting of the City Council was called by
Aldermen Robert “Butch” Berry, Penny Carroll and Earl “Bud” Umland.
Mayor Kathy Harrison called the meeting to order at
7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, in the jury room of the Western District
Carroll County Courthouse.
PRESENT: Mayor Kathy Harrison,
Aldermen Robert “Butch” Berry, Penny Carroll, Karen Lindblad, Gayle Money, Bill
Ott and Earl “Bud” Umland, City Attorney Tim Weaver and City Clerk Mary Jean
Sell. An audience of 50-60 citizens was in the jury room, the hallway and on
the outside steps.
Mayor Harrison announced the special meeting was
called by the council to ratify or deny the mayor’s decision to terminate the
mayor’s administrative assistant. (Mayor Harrison fired City Administrative
Assistant Kim Dickens Thursday, Aug. 28.)
Mayor Harrison asked the council to stay on topic,
that is to discuss only ratification or denial of her decision. If there is any
other discussion of policy or procedures, those issues would have to be placed
on a regular agenda of the council or named for a discussion of any other
special meeting. She said we will not digress into a quasi-legal discussion,
but will be deferred to for a legal opinion from an attorney or a judge, should
we end up in court. This is not a public hearing or a forum for debate.
Ms. Carroll moved to rescind the mayor’s termination
of the employment of the assistant city administrator Kim Dickens and to
continue Ms. Dickens’ tenure as city assistant administrator uninterrupted.
Ms. Money seconded.
Ms. Carroll, Mr. Berry, Mr. Umland and Ms. Money voted aye. Ms. Lindblad
and Mr. Ott voted nay. Motion passed 4/2/0
Ms. Money moved to adjourn at 7:07 p.m. Mr. Berry
seconded. All voted aye. Motion passed 6/0/0
This is the signature page for the City Council
minutes of the special meeting Sept. 4, 2003.
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Mayor Kathy Harrison
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City Clerk Mary Jean Sell