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Motion to rescind deputy-clerk abolition fails after council debate
Summary
Councilmember Terry’s motion to rescind an ordinance that abolished the deputy clerk/treasurer position failed after council debate about administrative structure and statutory alignment.
Councilmember Terry moved to rescind an ordinance that had abolished the deputy clerk/treasurer position and asked that the matter be presented as a first-reading ordinance to clarify the role and avoid conflicts with state statute. Terry said he worried that eliminating the position outright could create operational inefficiencies and future administrative problems.
Clerk Treasurer Turner and other members described an ongoing internal restructuring: the clerk-treasurer’s office is being downsized and job duties reallocated, and staff said the budget already restricts the number of deputy positions the council will fund. Supporters of the rescission argued rescinding the ordinance and framing the change as a first reading would align local code with state statute and give the council time to define the role properly.
After extended discussion about whether the change had already been effectively implemented administratively, a member asked for a second to the motion; the motion ultimately failed for lack of a sustaining vote.
Outcome: Motion to rescind the ordinance failed during first-reading consideration; no ordinance change was adopted at the meeting.
(Reporting note: motion introduced by Councilmember Terry; many comments from the clerk-treasurer and other council members were part of the discussion.)
