City of Danielsville still ‘in business’ despite recent council departures’

Though the city of Danielsville currently has only three council members, with one serving as mayor pro tem, the council can continue to conduct business for the time being, according to city attorney Dale Perry.

Perry said that though council member Junne Temple is serving as mayor pro tem, he has found nothing “that indicates that the mayor pro tem loses her vote while presiding (as mayor), or for that matter, doesn’t lose her vote.”

“Therefore, unless I find something different, I anticipate taking the position that she can vote,” Perry said.

The question of whether or not the city can conduct business came about because Danielsville’s city code calls for the mayor to be a non-voting member, except when needed to break a tie.

Since Temple is serving as “acting mayor,” Perry feels this does not remove her from regular voting.

He also feels this leaves the council with the power to appoint a new member to replace Janice Merk, who resigned abruptly last week, citing an “improper vote” and an “illegal meeting” as her reasons for leaving the council.

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#1 Resident Redneck on 02/08/12 at 08:22 PM [Reply]

So does thia mean Temple has 2 votes now? That's not fair is it?

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#2 onewhowonders on 02/14/12 at 07:56 PM [Reply]

hummm...seems as simple as once she's stepped up to the Mayor's position, wouldn't her position as Mayor Pro-tem be vacated therefore making her not able to vote? Confused..
Also seems if Mrs. Temple wanted to help the City of Danielsville, stepping down would be the right thing to do along with offering her experience and knowledge to those who succeed her in the city's behalf.

#2.1 Resident Redneck on 02/14/12 at 08:55 PM [Reply]

onewhowonders- That's what I said but they will probably say no she still gets to vote since she is on the council and stepped up to do this other job. So if the vote is a tie guess who gets to break the tie?
But you did bring up another question to wonder about. If she is doing two jobs now is she getting 2 paychecks?

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