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Article: CITY COUNCIL REJECTS MAYOR'S CITY CLERK PICK.(METRO)
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- The Capital Times
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- June 7, 2006
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Byline: Lee Sensenbrenner The Capital Times
In a rare move, the Madison City Council has blocked Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's attempt to hire a department head, saying that he did not follow procedure to select what many members acknowledged was a highly qualified candidate.
On a 6-to-11 vote Tuesday night, the council failed to confirm Diane Hermann-Brown as Madison's next city clerk. Those who voted against the contract argued that the mayor erred when he sought a clerk-treasurer but hired a clerk without reposting the position.
Hermann-Brown, who is the city of Sun Prairie's clerk, has not resigned her position there and said that she would have ...