They come and they go.
Another deputy clerk for the city of Bradenton Beach has resigned.
On the job less than 30 days, Therese Rice, a front desk clerk whose first day at work was Dec. 7, 2015, handed in her resignation Dec. 23, effective Dec. 31.
City clerk Terri Sanclemente said Rice did not give a reason for resigning.
Mayor Bill Shearon said the city may need a revolving door to accommodate the traffic.
Rice’s departure is the most recent in a string of administrative employees who voluntarily left or were asked to leave city employment in the past two years.
Shearon counted six such employees, plus another clerk who was hired and quit before her first day.
“With that type of turnover, it is becoming hard to replace someone,” he said.
According to Sanclemente, Rice is only the second clerk under her supervision to resign. Emily Long, who quit in October, was the first.
Long’s predecessor, Denise Bartels, was let go by Sanclemente in December 2014.
Another clerk who quit while supervised by Sanclemente was Audra Lanzaro. She resigned June 21, 2015, after her finance department position was put under Sanclemente’s supervision.
Three weeks earlier, the city commission, under former Mayor Jack Clarke, expanded Sanclemente’s supervisory responsibilities to include Lanzaro and all employees of finance and building departments. Sanclemente’s pay was increased by $20,000.
After Sanclemente’s elevation, Jill Brisette, a building department employee, and city treasurer Sheila Dalton quit in August.
Sanclemente hired Shayne Thompson, formerly a bank employee who specialized in account sales, to fill the treasurer vacancy. He began as city treasurer Nov. 23, although the position continues to be advertised on the city website.
Sanclemente was rehired by the city in July 2014 after a two-year hiatus. She had served as deputy clerk from 2006 to 2012.
Coming back as clerk pro tem, Sanclemente was trained by former clerk Tammy Johnson, who was asked to resign by city attorney Ricinda Perry in July 2014 after Perry questioned her handling of emails.
Shearon maintains that he had no part in firing Johnson, that Perry acted on her own.
Johnson had replaced Jamie Anderson, fired a month earlier after only five months on the job by the city commission over questions posed by Perry and Clarke about her qualifications and a software purchase.
However, Johnson’s qualifications and clerk certificate exceeded the city’s requirements and the software purchase had been authorized by the commission. Shearon pleaded to retain Johnson but lost his argument.
Gia Lancaster was hired as a city clerk after Johnson left, but was fired in short order in October 2014 for misconduct and failing to show up at work.
Another clerk leaving Bradenton Beach was Nora Idso, who, after many months of medical leave, retired in April 2014. She died in June 2014.