Paola City Manager, Sid Fleming, has resigned. Paola City Council Members agreed to accept his resignation during their meeting yesterday. According to the Miami county Republic, the action was taken following a 30 minute Executive Session before the start of the Regular Meeting. The Council named Randi Shannon Acting Interim City Manager. Shannon previously served the role of Assistant City Manager.
There was no discussion during the open meeting about the investigation into a personnel matter involving Fleming that led to him being suspended in October. At that time, the Council agreed to hire Shelly Freeman to conduct an independent investigation into the personnel matter. Fleming became Paola’s City Manager in the Spring of 2020, just before the pandemic hit. He replaced Jay Wieland, who announced his retirement in 2019. Fleming previously was the City Administrator for Iola.
