City clerk terminated

Marion City Clerk Alan Meisinger was terminated by City Council Monday evening following a 20-minute executive session.

Mayor Mary Olson requested city attorney Dan Baldwin and administrator David Mayfield be involved in the executive session, but Baldwin said he didn’t want to be involved in the session and left the meeting room before the council recessed behind closed doors.

Mayfield remained with the council during the closed session.

When the council returned to the open meeting, the council approved the termination effective Monday. Mayfield will assume clerk duties at this time.

Meisinger was conditionally hired May 10 after Angela Lange resigned from her post.

Meisinger was not at Monday’s meeting. No explanation was given for the dismissal.