JOHN DAY — The Tuesday, Sept. 26 session of John Day city council was a busy one with discussions about council president Dave Holland’s performance as council president and an update on a complaint filed by Kathy Stoddard against the mayor for comments she’d made during fair being key highlights.
An update about a complaint filed with the city against Mayor Heather Rookstsool for comment she’d allegedly made during fair that she’d gotten rid of a problematic employee, presumably in reference to former city accountant Stephanie Allen, who no longer works for the city.
Council President Dave Holland said the city attorney had contacted him about the complaint and provided him with options as to how to proceed. The choices were to do nothing or launch a formal investigation, similar to the one the that just concluded dealing with allegations against former interim city manager Rick Allen.
LEVERETT About 150 residents convened in the Leverett Elementary School gymnasium on Saturday morning where they passed all 30 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant, including a pair of Community Preservation Act spending requests for.