Bonner County sacks veteran planner

The Bonner County commission fired longtime land use planner Clare Marley on Tuesday. “Clare Marley is no longer a county employee,” commission Chairman Cary Kelly said on Wednesday. Marley was hired by the Planning Department in 1989 and appointed director in 2002. Kelly said county employees were notified of Marley’s termination through an email. “That is about all we put out on the matter. Everything else is confidential,” said Kelly. The move comes three months after Marley was either demoted or stepped down voluntarily as chief of the planning department. Marley began serving as acting director and senior planner in October of last year. Associate Planner Saegen Neiman has been appointed acting planning director while the county completes a nationwide search for a new director. “I don’t really have a lot to say right now until I talk to my attorney and then I’ll let him do the speaking for me,” said Marley. Marley added, “I believe all that they’ve done is wrong”/ Keith Kinnaird , Bonner County Bee. More here.