The Rainsville City Council met on Monday night for a regularly scheduled meeting.

The main topic on the agenda became the retirement of City Clerk Judy Lewis, who will be retiring effective August 1, and has accumulated 5 months of sick days during her service to the city of Rainsville. This leaves a major void at City Hall in a position that is vital to the day to day operation of Rainsville.
 

"We have Debbie in City Hall, who has trained under Judy for 10 years. She's familiar with city hall, familiar with the finances, familiar with the whole operation as well as the Sewer and Sanitation Department. My recommendation would be to allow her to assume the title of assistant City Clerk, with a slight bump in pay to cover those 5 months while Judy is on sick leave."

- Mayor Nick Jones

"I think Debbie has earned the right for that. This is a big deal, we've got a 5 month gap and I don't see how you can even contemplate bringing someone else in when you have someone who knows what they're doing..."

- Councilman Brandon Freeman

The other Council members didn't seem to be onboard with this solution.

 
Mayor Jones and Councilman Freeman were the only two members to support this action.

Here is the Council Meeting in it's entirity: