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Plainfield council accepts city clerk's resignation and initiates hiring process
Summary
At a special meeting April 7, the Plainfield City Council accepted the resignation of City Clerk/Treasurer Brittney Lentz and voted to begin recruiting a replacement, after reviewing the job description and discussing pay range and advertising. The meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Mayor Thomas Geise presided over a special Plainfield City Council meeting on April 7, 2025, where the council formally accepted the resignation of City Clerk/Treasurer Brittney Lentz and authorized starting the hiring process for a replacement.
Council Member Chad Shurtleff moved, and Council Member Jamison Downing seconded, a motion "to regretfully accept City Clerk Lentz’s resignation;" the motion was recorded as carried with "Ayes: All." The minutes do not record a roll-call vote by name.
Following that action, Council Member Joseph Schmall moved, and Council Member Timothy Neil seconded, a motion "to start the process of hiring a new City Clerk/Treasurer for the City of Plainfield." Mayor Geise and council members then reviewed the current job description and discussed a pay range and advertising for the position. The motion to begin the hiring process was recorded as carried with "Ayes: All."
At the start of the meeting the council recorded attendance: Mayor Thomas Geise and Council Members Jamison Downing, Timothy Neil, and Joseph Schmall were present in person, and Council Member Chad Shurtleff attended via phone; Council Member Clyde Balvanz was absent. The minutes list Brittney Lentz as City Clerk/Treasurer and include her attestation of the minutes.
The council also approved the meeting agenda at the outset by motion of Council Member Timothy Neil, seconded by Council Member Joseph Schmall; that motion was recorded as carried with "Ayes: All." The special session concluded with a motion to adjourn by Neil, seconded by Schmall; the minutes record adjournment at 5:45 p.m.
Next steps recorded in the minutes are limited to authorizing the hiring process; the minutes state the council reviewed the job description and discussed pay and advertising but do not specify a pay range, recruitment timeline, or advertising venues. Those particulars were not provided in the minutes and are therefore not specified here.
