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Marietta council confirms municipal appointments, defers lead prosecutor hire for interviews
Summary
Marietta City Council approved a slate of municipal appointments — city manager, city clerk, city attorney, chief and associate municipal judges — and a list of assistant prosecuting attorneys to secure court coverage, while referring the selection of the city’s prosecuting attorney to a work-session interview process.
Marietta City Council on Tuesday confirmed a series of organizational appointments and moved to delay naming a permanent prosecuting attorney until the council can interview three finalists.
The council approved the mayor’s committee and officer appointments, reappointed William F. Bridal Jr. as city manager, renewed Stephanie Guy as city clerk and Douglas R. Haney as city attorney. Council also confirmed Lawrence E. Burke as chief judge and named Joanne Bloom, Melinda Taylor and Donna Merrill as associate judges for the Marietta Municipal Court.
Those votes were routine, but debate focused on court staffing. Staff warned the current prosecuting attorney’s contract expires Jan. 10 and that assistant prosecutors’ terms could also lapse, which could leave the Jan. 14 court sessions without a…
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