Four new city employees were approved and ratified during a special session of the Baltic City Council on Tuesday evening.
John Hughes, the Baltic city attorney, said that while he believed there was no legal need to have the resolution, it was "desirable to have unanimous support for your elected officials and their appointed officials."
The resolution comes after the May 10 council meeting when former mayor Tracy Petersen handed control over to the current mayor Deborah McIsaac. But before the meeting started, multiple city employees resigned from their position, including Sarah Smith, the city financial officer.
During the May 10 meeting, McIsaac hired Linda Hunnel to replace Smith as financial officer as well as Hughes as the city attorney. Two more people, Ryan Fods and Lacey Branham, were hired as the maintenance superintendent and community relations manager.
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McIsaac explained Tuesday that the council needed to hold a special session so that they could confirm that Hunnel had been appointed to the position. The bank which the city uses needed approval from the council to give Hunnel access to city funds.
"She cannot do their job without it. We have no access to any of the city funds or financial data without it," McIsaac said.
"This is just an additional resolution to make sure that we're crossing our T's and dotting our I's to make sure we're moving forward...
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