SCOTT CITY COUNCILMAN JIM CAUBLE WILL RESIGN

SCOTT CITY -- City Councilman Jim Cauble intends to resign his seat on the Scott City Council effective Saturday.

In a letter to Mayor Shirley Young, Cauble said a job relocation has kept him from attending council meetings and has forced him to resign his position.

Young said she received the letter Monday.

"He said he enjoyed working with us but said he couldn't stay on the council not knowing what his (work) schedule was," said Young.

"He was a good councilman. We're going to miss him."

Cauble's resignation means both Ward 2 seats on the council will be up for re-election in April. Cauble's seat will be for a one-year unexpired term.

Young said she intends to appoint someone to fill Cauble's position until the election. She said she will appoint someone to fill the seat at the next council meeting Monday. The council will also have to accept Cauble's resignation at that meeting, she said.

Other council seats up for re-election are those of Jim McClintock, Ward 1; John Rogers, Ward 2; Ron Oller, Ward 3; and Jay Cassout, Ward 4.

The mayor's seat is also up for re-election.

Cauble has been a councilman since the early 1970s. He was elected mayor in 1975 and served for two years. He was then appointed to fill a vacancy on the council by then-mayor Alvie Modglin.

He also served as acting mayor in 1989 following the resignation of Albert Schlenker.

He currently works in Kansas City, but returns to Scott City on the weekends, Young said.

Cauble has not attended a council meeting for three months.

Young said the reason Cauble waited until now to resign is because he had anticipated being transferred back to Cape Girardeau.

"He said it just wasn't fair to the council and he'd have to resign," Young said.

Oller said Cauble's resignation is a loss to the city. He said: "He's a sharp man. I hate to see him leave."

Cauble could not be reached to comment on Monday.