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Mayor demands apology after employee-survey leak allegation; councilmembers trade denials

Henderson City Council · March 1, 2026
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Summary

After returning from closed session Dec. 29, Mayor Melissa Elliott sought a public apology related to an employee-survey investigation and alleged the report was leaked to the Daily Dispatch. Councilmember Geraldine Champion read a statement alleging procedural issues; Councilmember Garry Daeke denied leaking the report and said he might take legal action.

Henderson — Tensions surfaced publicly at the conclusion of a Dec. 29 special city-council meeting after the council returned from closed session to address a personnel matter.

Mayor Melissa Elliott asked for a public apology and said the employee-survey investigation "had a personal impact on her life," adding that she believed the report contained no findings of wrongdoing and that someone had leaked the report to the Daily Dispatch.

Councilmember Garry D. Daeke said he had read the report and expressed concern about procedural and ethical issues in it, but emphatically denied he leaked it. Daeke said he would "take legal action…

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