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Knoxville Appoints City Hall Employee as Acting City Clerk
The City of Knoxville now has an acting City Clerk.

The Knoxville City Council met Thursday night to appoint someone to the position after former Clerk Peg Bivens tendered her resignation effective Tuesday. Mayor of Knoxville Terry Pool read a letter of resignation from Bivens to the council which said she regretted to inform them that she was no longer willing to serve as the City Clerk. Pool made a motion to accept Bivens' resignation which passed unanimously.

The council then appointed Pam Eagle, a long time employee at City Hall who has worked alongside the clerk for many years. Pool tells WGIL he named someone to fill the position on for now so that the city can be more accessible and customer friendly.

"We need to have a clerk in place to keep the city running," Pool said. "I didn't want to just pick someone out of the blue and say 'you're the clerk' and have them make mistakes. This way, we have someone in the position that can handle the position. We can take our time and choose the right person."

City attorney Wayne Statham said the job of City Clerk is to change ordinances after they have been approved, keep track of municipal events the council needs to be aware of and file all the records. He says the job is tough to handle for the first two years.

Pool said he has already contacted individuals who may be interested for the position of clerk but is still in the midst of making his final selection. He says he could swear in Eagle as soon as Friday.
06 04 09 by Newsroom
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