October 18, 2024 3:30 a.m.

The News Review is reporting:

Roseburg City Manager Nikki Messenger’s job could be in jeopardy.

During Monday’s city council meeting, councilor David Mohr asked to consider the termination of Messenger at the next council meeting on October 28th.

This consideration came at the end of the meeting. Messenger did not attend the meeting and was unavailable for comment.

The decision to consider Messenger’s termination was put to a vote and needed a majority of council to vote in favor of putting it on the next agenda. This majority was achieved with councilors Ruth Smith, Tom Michalek, Ellen Porter and Mohr voting in favor. Councilors Andrea Zielinski, Shelley Briggs-Loosley and Kylee Rummel voted against the consideration. Councilor Patrice Sipos was absent from the meeting.

According to City Attorney Jim Forrester, a discussion around Messenger’s termination will likely happen in executive session.

There was no further discussion about Messenger’s possible termination on Monday.

Since June 17, select members of council and city staff have been reworking the city manager evaluation process. No evaluation of Messenger took place since Oct. 30, 2023, according to City Recorder Amy Nytes.

Messenger was named interim city manager in April 2019 and officially took over the role Sept. 1 of that year.

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