Four Interview for Claypool Clerk-Treasurer Spot
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jordan Fouts-
Charlotte Allen, Connie Morgan, Lauren Martz and Tammy Ellis answered questions from council members about their experience and why they want the job. The council may make a decision during a special meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the town Lions Club building.
The position has been empty since Miccah Shepherd resigned Oct. 6. Council President Niki Miller has been handling the duties, though town officials are unsure if Miller can legally sign payroll checks Friday.
The town hopes to have an answer on that Thursday, and may hire a temporary clerk-treasurer before appointing someone to finish Shepherd’s term.
The four applicants’ job experience ranges from retail to church budgeting to the factory floor. All are mothers of between three and five kids, students in local schools, and believe they have something to offer the town.
Allen has worked at Symmetry Medical for five years and lived in Claypool since June 2005. She counted personal budgeting while raising four boys among financial experience, and said she’s a fast learner.
Morgan, whose family opened Red’s Sweets downtown this year, said she studied accounting and has shown versatility working management positions for several retail stores. She moved to Claypool three years ago and said she wants the position in order to help build up the community.
Martz said she grew up in Claypool and recently returned, and applied for the position at her father’s encouragement. She counted working in a school office and overseeing a $9,000 church budget among relevant experience, and said she likes to help things run more quickly and efficiently.
Ellis has lived in Claypool for six years and recently began attending town council meetings because she said she’s looking for ways to serve the community. She cited customer service experience as an example of working with potentially angry customers, which council members warned there may be a lot of.
Out of 160 town utility customers, about four or five have trouble paying their bills each month, council member Don Miller observed.
“When you have to shut their water off, sometimes you get angry phone calls. I guarantee you will,” he warned applicants.
Miller suggested the special Thursday meeting because he said he would like time to consider the applicants.
The council also learned of another vacancy on the park board, as Dave Morgan resigned Monday. The five-seat board currently has two members.
And council members reminded residents again not to flush non-flushables down their toilets, especially since one wastewater pump is burned out and the system is running on only one pump until replacement parts arrive in a week or two.
And members set trick-or-treat hours as Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
Charlotte Allen, Connie Morgan, Lauren Martz and Tammy Ellis answered questions from council members about their experience and why they want the job. The council may make a decision during a special meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. at the town Lions Club building.
The position has been empty since Miccah Shepherd resigned Oct. 6. Council President Niki Miller has been handling the duties, though town officials are unsure if Miller can legally sign payroll checks Friday.
The town hopes to have an answer on that Thursday, and may hire a temporary clerk-treasurer before appointing someone to finish Shepherd’s term.
The four applicants’ job experience ranges from retail to church budgeting to the factory floor. All are mothers of between three and five kids, students in local schools, and believe they have something to offer the town.
Allen has worked at Symmetry Medical for five years and lived in Claypool since June 2005. She counted personal budgeting while raising four boys among financial experience, and said she’s a fast learner.
Morgan, whose family opened Red’s Sweets downtown this year, said she studied accounting and has shown versatility working management positions for several retail stores. She moved to Claypool three years ago and said she wants the position in order to help build up the community.
Martz said she grew up in Claypool and recently returned, and applied for the position at her father’s encouragement. She counted working in a school office and overseeing a $9,000 church budget among relevant experience, and said she likes to help things run more quickly and efficiently.
Ellis has lived in Claypool for six years and recently began attending town council meetings because she said she’s looking for ways to serve the community. She cited customer service experience as an example of working with potentially angry customers, which council members warned there may be a lot of.
Out of 160 town utility customers, about four or five have trouble paying their bills each month, council member Don Miller observed.
“When you have to shut their water off, sometimes you get angry phone calls. I guarantee you will,” he warned applicants.
Miller suggested the special Thursday meeting because he said he would like time to consider the applicants.
The council also learned of another vacancy on the park board, as Dave Morgan resigned Monday. The five-seat board currently has two members.
And council members reminded residents again not to flush non-flushables down their toilets, especially since one wastewater pump is burned out and the system is running on only one pump until replacement parts arrive in a week or two.
And members set trick-or-treat hours as Oct. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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