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Council approves staffing change: city clerk reassigned and acting city clerk appointed while recruitment proceeds
Summary
The council authorized a personnel reorganization in the City Clerk’s office, reassigning the incumbent and designating an acting city clerk pending a search for a permanent full‑time city clerk. One council member abstained from the vote because of a family relationship.
The Nogales City Council voted April 2 to authorize administrative changes in the City Clerk’s office: staff will advertise to recruit a full‑time permanent city clerk, the incumbent employee Letty Robinson will be reassigned to another city position for which she is qualified, and Judy Armandares will serve as acting city clerk until a new hire is in place.
City staff presented an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation request from the city clerk and characterized the personnel situation as a staffing hardship requiring a permanent hire. A councilmember moved to reassign the incumbent and proceed with recruitment for a full‑time city clerk; the motion, as amended on the record, also designated Judy Armandares as acting city clerk during the recruitment period.
Legal counsel noted that council members who have a familial relationship with an affected employee should abstain from voting; one councilmember (Mister Estes) stated on the record that he would abstain because the affected staff member is his sister. The meeting record shows the council adopted the personnel motion with the stated abstention.
Staff will proceed with a recruitment process for a permanent city clerk and will report back to council with candidate appointments and any recommended job‑spec updates; in the meantime Armandares will perform city‑clerk duties and the city will publish the job opening to seek permanent candidates.
