Still no applicantsHIGH SPRINGS – High Springs City Attorney Ray Ivey has made his departure from the City more imminent than it had been. This comes on the heels of Ivey expressing doubts on Aug. 23 that the City would find his replacement in the coming weeks.
In an email sent to commissioners Sept. 10, Ivey informed the commission that he would officially and finally be calling it quits on Sept. 21, more than two months after he submitted his resignation on July 11.
An advertisement in August for Ivey’s replacement didn’t net any results, prompting his concern that the commission would have difficulty attracting applicants.
During the Aug. 23 meeting, Ivey said a lack of interest in the position is a “result of the things that are occurring [in High Springs] causes an attorney here considerable indigestion….the activities generating lawsuits.
“And when these meetings go far astray, it’s hard for an attorney to be prepared,” Ivey said.
“What I’m picking up is that attorneys are real uneasy… because of all of these problems. There are too many bullets flying,” Ivey said, referring to impending lawsuits, among other concerns
He said one attorney who had previously applied for the position said he was intentionally not going to apply due the “hotbed that this is.”
Another attorney reportedly told Ivey that he couldn’t attend the frequent and numerous meetings called by the City of High Springs, because it would compromise his practice.
And it seems compromising Ivey’s other work is exactly what he is trying to prevent. In the Sept. 10 email, Ivey wrote, “In order to be able to make other commitments and to be able to schedule other work, I must terminate my [employment] effective Friday September 21, 2012 at 5 p.m.”
Sources at the City of High Springs say the issue of advertising the position yet again will be up for discussion at the Sept. 13 commission meeting.
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HIGH SPRINGS – High Springs City Attorney Ray Ivey has made his departure from the City more imminent than it had been. This comes on the heels of Ivey expressing doubts on Aug. 23 that the City would find his replacement in the coming weeks.
In an email sent to commissioners Sept. 10, Ivey informed the commission that he would officially and finally be calling it quits on Sept. 21, more than two months after he submitted his resignation on July 11.
An advertisement in August for Ivey’s replacement didn’t net any results, prompting his concern that the commission would have difficulty attracting applicants.
During the Aug. 23 meeting, Ivey said a lack of interest in the position is a “result of the things that are occurring [in High Springs] causes an attorney here considerable indigestion….the activities generating lawsuits.
“And when these meetings go far astray, it’s hard for an attorney to be prepared,” Ivey said.
“What I’m picking up is that attorneys are real uneasy… because of all of these problems. There are too many bullets flying,” Ivey said, referring to impending lawsuits, among other concerns
He said one attorney who had previously applied for the position said he was intentionally not going to apply due the “hotbed that this is.”
Another attorney reportedly told Ivey that he couldn’t attend the frequent and numerous meetings called by the City of High Springs, because it would compromise his practice.
And it seems compromising Ivey’s other work is exactly what he is trying to prevent. In the Sept. 10 email, Ivey wrote, “In order to be able to make other commitments and to be able to schedule other work, I must terminate my [employment] effective Friday September 21, 2012 at 5 p.m.”
Sources at the City of High Springs say the issue of advertising the position yet again will be up for discussion at the Sept. 13 commission meeting.
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