Sooba to continue as ‘acting’ Town Clerk

Carol Sooba

Minister of Local Govern-ment Norman Whittaker yesterday announced that Carol Sooba will remain as “acting” Town Clerk, following a court ruling that her appointment last year as the substantive office holder was “legally defective.”

But Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday notified Whittaker that a majority of City Councillors have rejected the notion that she would continue to perform duties of Town Clerk and have taken steps to deal with the fact that her appointment was unlawful.

Sooba’s appointment as Town Clerk was quashed on Thursday by Justice Ian Chang,