Mayor announces retirement of Grand Rapids City Clerk

After nearly 35 years of dedicated service, one city employee will retire, leaving some mighty big shoes to fill. A statewide search for a replacement is planned.

According to excerpts from the story:

Mayor George Heartwell announced this morning that long-time Grand Rapids City Clerk Terri Hegarty will retire in February 2008.

Hegarty started working for the city of Grand Rapids in August of 1973 and has worked in several different city departments. She was appointed City Clerk in February of 1995. In 2007, she was named Clerk of the Year by the Michigan Association of Municipal Clerks.

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