TINA L. SCOTT
EDITOR
Dave Johnson, Merrill’s City Administrator, announced he will retire from the position, with his last day of work for the City being Oct. 4, 2022.
“After 40+ years in public sector management, 10+ years of which were spent as Merrill’s City Administrator, I have decided it is time to retire and have submitted my notice to Mayor Hass,” Johnson said in a July 13, 2022, email.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to serve as Merrill’s City Administrator for more than 10 years. I will miss working with our employees and the citizens and businesses of our city. I am leaving with the knowledge of having contributed greatly to the success we have achieved in making our city a better place to live,” Johnson said in his letter to Mayor Steve Hass notifying him of his decision to retire.
“I wish all the best for the City of Merrill in the years to come,” he closed in his letter.
“The City of Merrill would like to thank Administrator Johnson for his years of service to the City and wish him well with his retirement,” Mayor Steve Hass said.
“It would behoove us as a Council to review all of our top positions regularly to see if they need to be expanded, reduced, or even consolidated,” said Mike Caylor, newly appointed Chair of the City’s Personnel and Finance Committee, “I think with a progressive mayor such as Mayor Hass running the City, we will see such an evaluation being done shortly.”
“We will be holding a Committee of the Whole meeting in the near future for succession planning for the position,” Mayor Hass said.