Marlena Sosebee has been named Demorest’s new city clerk. She succeeds Juanita Crumley who resigned from the job last night.
Sosebee is the city’s newest employee and was hired from within. Demorest Mayor Rick Austin says she was the logical choice. “Marlena is the one that has experience in note taking and in minute keeping and in record keeping and in those types of things. She’ll be a new fresh face for us. She’s up for the task.”
Sosebee takes over the job immediately. “We’re going to get her trained really quickly and I think she’s going to make us a dynamite city clerk.”
Crumley served as the Demorest City Manager, Clerk and Treasurer for 39 years. She held onto the clerk’s position after she was removed as manager and treasurer in December. The Demorest City Council unanimously approved her resignation/retirement Tuesday night during a called council meeting at Piedmont College.
