Another opportunity to investigate planning staff resignations passed by the city of Alachua Monday night after a motion to hire external legal counsel failed to advance it to the voting stage during a regular commission meeting.
Monday was the third time since three senior planning staff members resigned in February that the topic of investigating the departures made its way onto a meeting agenda, only to fail, leaving some leaders and citizens wanting to leave the idea behind and others still seeking answers.
Commissioner Jacob Fletcher said the agenda topic was his idea this time and made a motion that the city hire attorney Mark Barneby to conduct the investigation. Barneby was one of two candidates presented by City Attorney Marian Rush during the July 28 meeting after the commission directed her to research options…