NOEL, MO.--- At a special meeting today, Noel city council members voted to allow City Clerk Denae Murphy to go back to work. According to a letter of suspension from Mayor James Carroll, Murphy was being punished for failing to take records of the previous town hall meeting on September 28th.
City Council members believe the Mayor was trying to punish the city clerk after her objections to a meeting she and others considered illegal. Those in opposition to the council session on the 28th, felt the Mayor did not give enough notice before the meeting as required by the Missouri Sunshine Law. When there were not enough council members present to vote on the issue, Alderman Nancy Zeorlin says she was handcuffed and taken to city hall by the Noel marshal, as ordered by Mayor Carroll
City Council members believe the Mayor was trying to punish the city clerk after her objections to a meeting she and others considered illegal. Those in opposition to the council session on the 28th, felt the Mayor did not give enough notice before the meeting as required by the Missouri Sunshine Law. When there were not enough council members present to vote on the issue, Alderman Nancy Zeorlin says she was handcuffed and taken to city hall by the Noel marshal, as ordered by Mayor Carroll
"I just hate what is going on with our city. I wish people could be adults and come to some kind of conclusion. Lets move up, it seems like there's no where else to go but up. So, let's move on," states Denae Murphy, Noel City Clerk.
Since the September 28th meeting, Mayor Carroll and Marshal Gene Thacker have both been charged with felonious restraint. The mayor was not present for today's meeting but he did issue a statement saying...
"Since I am currently involved in a legal matter wrongly perpetrated by Nancy Zeorlin with the support of John Lafley, Jim Boston, and Linda Glendening. Whereas, these four alder persons have demonstrated that they are willing to ruin the career of a fine man and marshal, and cause severe emotional distress to the marshal and his ill wife, in order to cause me harm. Therefore, I find it in my best interest and safety not to be present at the meeting on October fifth without the presence of the city attorney who is not available at this time," states Mayor Carroll.
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