By Lauren Lifke
The manager of the Town of Edgewood, Nina McCracken, resigned from her position Tuesday night after a 90-minute closed session in which the commission discussed her midyear review and other unspecified “pertinent information.”
Two commissioners dissented, including Ken Brennan, who told The Independent that it was “sort of a forced resignation.”
Brennan declined to comment further because the situation is still ongoing, he said.
The topic of her employment first arose during the last commission meeting on Oct. 14, when commissioners spent five hours in closed session to discuss “limited personnel matters” involving McCracken.
Rumors of her termination had circulated before that meeting, with one public commenter advocating against her termination. Commissioners at the time finalized McCracken’s midyear review and planned to review her expectations during Tuesday’s meeting.
Tuesday’s meeting saw a shorter closed session, but it still lasted nearly two hours. McCracken emerged with her resignation letter, and commissioners formally accepted it effective immediately.
“Based on the discussion held in closed session regarding the town manager’s midyear performance review, along with other pertinent information, the Town of Edgewood governing body accepts the resignation of the town manager effective today,” Commissioner Stephen Murillo said.
Along with Brennan, Commissioner Patrick Milligan voted against accepting her resignation, while everybody else voted in favor.
After the motion passed, Brennan made his stance clear to the public.
“Let the record show that I, Kenneth Donald Brennan, strongly disagree with this action,” Brennan said. “I believe it was wrong. I believe it was immoral — and could also possibly be unlawful.”
