LeAnne Addy is out of a job in Anna Maria after almost a decade as clerk and treasurer for the city.
“Addy is no longer an employee as of Monday,” Mayor Mark Short told The Islander Nov. 21.
Short declined to comment further on Addy’s dismissal and did not disclose the reasoning behind it.
Addy was appointed city clerk in 2016 and was later named city treasurer as well.
She served as both city clerk and treasurer under former Mayor Dan Murphy, but Short hired Amber LaRowe in March to be the municipality’s new clerk.
Addy, who earlier asked to reduce her workload, continued to serve as city treasurer until her termination.
According to records requested by The Islander, Short emailed a notice of termination on Nov. 17 to Addy.
The notice states, “As you are aware, the city of Anna Maria is an ‘at-will’ employer, and as such, the city ‘retains the right to terminate employment at any time and for any or no reason.’”
It continues, “It has been concluded that your services as city treasurer are no longer required. … The decision has been made to terminate your employment with the city as of today.”
The notice offered a choice for Addy: get terminated and get paid through Nov. 17, her final day of employment, or sign a voluntary resignation agreement and waiver and receive 20 weeks of severance pay.
Short did not respond to a Nov. 21 text from The Islander asking if Addy signed the agreement and waiver.
While she was terminated without cause, Addy has been the subject of misconduct allegations in the past.
In 2024, multiple former city employees, including Tyffanny Rios and Candela Lemos, told The Islander that they found themselves on the receiving end of alleged racially motivated mistreatment from Addy.
Other former employees, including Benzard Holland, Roosevelt Jones and Nick Huling, have alleged that Addy’s behavior created a hostile and toxic workplace at city hall.
Even back in 2019, former code enforcement administrative assistant Angela Albrecht told The Islander that Addy had allegedly directed her to close multiple permits that lacked inspections.
Earlier this year, The Islander found that Addy also had logged an excessive amount of overtime hours following Hurricane Helene last September.
Over the 27 weeks between Sept. 24, 2024, and March 31, Addy averaged 67.12 hours per week, including 8.79 hours of regular overtime and an average 19.61 hours of disaster-related overtime.
The city paid Addy $211,560.49 in 2024, according to her W-2 form from the city.
City attorney Becky Vose declined to comment on Addy’s dismissal during a Nov. 21 phone call with The Islander.
Addy also did not respond to a Nov. 21 call from The Islander about her dismissal.