Bristol Herald Courier
DAMASCUS, Va. – Town Council members voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire Tuesday Pope as the town’s clerk.
Council members voted during a called meeting Tuesday since the board failed to vote on hiring a clerk on Aug. 13 when a new police chief was hired with a 4-2 vote.
Mayor Creed Jones said Pope, a Shady Valley, Tenn., resident who works at Belk, was one of the finalists interviewed for the position.
Council members discussed hiring a clerk in closed session during the Aug. 13 meeting but did not vote on the move during the open portion because the job candidate they agreed by consensus to hire, Gayle Karriker, had not been notified, Councilman Johnny Blevins said following the meeting.
Karriker, who was town clerk in Glade Spring, said last week she was notified after the Aug. 13 meeting and told she was needed immediately in the Damascus position, so she resigned her job in Glade Spring.
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