Poplar Bluff City Manager Mark Massingham has announced his decision to retire, effective July 10.
The matter was accepted by council members during a closed session vote Monday evening, Massingham said this morning.
The council will meet in a special closed session at 1 p.m. Thursday to discuss personnel issues, he said.
“I have been thinking of this for the last eight or nine months,” said Massingham. “Back in February, I had decided to retire in April or May and then the pandemic hit us and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving at that time.
“I’ve been thinking about this for a long time and with our first granddaughter coming shortly, I felt like this was the best time to retire.”
Massingham said the decision has nothing to do with the recent election, in which the city lost a vote for a use tax that would have provided a badly needed revenue injection.
Massingham is a longtime city employee, who became city manager in 2015.