Polk County News
6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 6, 2017
Foggin: Cuno to serve as acting city manager
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“The rest of the leadership
is all too new for that posi-
tion,” Lawson said. “Do we
need to call Ted and ask him
that first?”
Locke has worked for the
city since 2008.
The council recessed its
meeting to call Cuno before
voting to appoint him. Garus
and City Attorney Lane Shet-
terly talked with Cuno, and
he agreed.
“Ted asked if I would meet
with him ASAP,” Shetterly
said. “I told him I would
come over tomorrow morn-
ing and talk about what it
means to be acting city man-
ager. … Be prepared — when
we’ve done this before, it’s
taken a few special meetings
to get through it. This gets us
a start. With your permission,
your authority, I will have
that conversation with Ted.”
The vote to appoint Cuno
got complicated.
Councilors Lawson, Rum-
mell, Trahan, Garus, Craw-
ford, and Hahn voted for
Cuno as acting city manager.
Woods, Fairchild, and
Gabliks voted no.
Lawson asked if the coun-
cil could “reconsider” its vote
on Cuno.
“What kind of message are
we sending Ted if you voted
no?” Lawson asked.
She requested a vote on
reconsideration — which
means having the council re-
vote on the motion. That re-
quest passed 5 to 4.
“I know there are strong
feelings about the decision to
terminate Ron, but we are
moving forward beyond that
now, and Ted is more than
qualified to help us with the
short-term spot that we are
asking him to be in,” Garus
said. “I think to help support
him, it would be really im-
portant to have a strong
unity on the council. I just
don’t understand why the
three of you would vote no
on that. It seems vindictive.”
Woods explained his con-
cern with putting Cuno in
the position.
“I have a personal history
with Ted. It goes back 10 or
15 years,” Woods said. “When
he was overlooked for a pro-
motion and tried to file a
complaint against the city
but didn’t.”
He said he’s worried that
Cuno might not be qualified
to serve in the position.
“He wasn’t good enough to
be a senior building inspec-
tor, but now he’s good
enough to be the city manag-
er?” Woods said.
When asked, Woods de-
clined to discuss the specifics
of his concerns in open ses-
sion. Gabliks offered a differ-
ent reason for her vote.
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“My vote isn’t against Ted
at all. I know it ends up being
(against him). Really my vote
is a protest vote,” Gabliks
said. “I would have no prob-
lem telling Ted to his face.”
Lawson asked Gabliks to
reconsider her vote.
“Kelly, if it’s not against
Ted, then please vote what is
appropriate for the actual
vote,” Lawson said. “It’s not
fair to Ted.”
Garus asked Shetterly if it
violates the city’s charter to
cast a protest vote.
Shetterly said no. The
charter says councilors can-
not abstain from voting.
“We don’t get into motives
with votes,” Shetterly said.
The second vote tally was
the same as the original.
Shetterly said the next step
is to find an interim city
manager, but the council
didn’t need to address that
formally on Monday.
“When we find an interim
city manager, we will need to
have a contract. It will take
another city council meeting
to approve the contract,” he
said. “You may want to inter-
view, and there will be some
negotiations.”
The next regular meeting on
Dec. 18 was cancelled through
the consent agenda, and Shet-
terly said councilors should be
prepared to gather for a special
meeting, which allows for
more timing flexibility.
Greg Ellis, the former city
manager for Independence
and a former economic de-
velopment consultant for
Dallas, was suggested as
someone that could fill the
interim city manager role.
“I can call Greg and see if
he is available,” Mayor Brian
Dalton said.
The council adjourned at
about 10:45 p.m.
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