The Hedley Board of Aldermen will hold two called meetings this week in the hopes of replacing the three city staff members who resigned July 1.
According to agendas posted at City Hall, the board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 15, to review résumés, and then the board will meet again on Friday, July 16, at 7 p.m. to hire employees.
The called meetings come after all three city employees – City Secretary Randy Shaw, City Clerk Rhonda Shaw, and city maintenance worker Roger Hagar – announced July 1 their resignations effective at the end of this month.
A call to Mayor Dusty Wilkinson was not returned by press time Tuesday. City Clerk Rhonda Shaw said the city has received applications for all three positions.
Several citizens have called on Randy Shaw to reconsider his resignation, noting the many functions he performs.
“City Secretary sounds like someone who sits in a chair all day,” Metcalf told the Enterprise last week. “Randy does not sit in a chair.”
Metcalf said Shaw writes grants for the city, picks up the trash, holds two state licenses to operate the water and sewer system, maintains the roads, and cares for the fire station and the cemetery.
During a called city meeting last Monday, Wilkinson asked Mr. Shaw what it would take to get him to continue in his position, but Shaw told the Enterprise that his mind was made up.
Shaw said he would help train his replacement and has offered to stay on part time beyond August 1 to ease the transition.
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