Archer interim City Manager Deanna Alltop refuted allegations on Monday that she retaliated against former City Commissioner Joan White and failed to break up an altercation between White and another employee last month, leaving some citizens wanting a public hearing to straighten out the back-and-forth claims.
White, who resigned in September after nearly 30 years of service to the city, made the allegations against Alltop as a citizen during public comment at the Sept. 24 commission meeting.
White said that after she had met with Alltop to discuss unsecured access to an employee door and the staff’s process for depositing money, Alltop allegedly suspended a follow-up meeting in retaliation and did not intervene when another employee refused to let White leave the meeting…