The mayor's daughter in Essex is happy to see council has rescinded a motion that saw her removed from council chambers by police in October of last year.
Pam McDermott is ready to put the situation behind her even if the move to rescind wasn't unanimous as town Councillor Randy Voakes didn't give his support.
"I'm just glad that it got made right whether he wanted to or they wanted to or not — it was made right," says McDermott.
In October, council wanted an apology from McDermott claiming she made inappropriate gestures at a previously heated meeting. She refused and council voted to have her removed from chambers.
McDermott feels she was unfairly targeted by council.
"It's more of a mayor's daughter thing, kind of a vendetta I take it as," says McDermott.
At council's April 18 meeting, councillor Steve Bjorkman put forward the motion to rescind on the advice of the town's legal counsel.
His council colleague wasn't impressed.
"When people come into our council meetings and they shout, they gesture, they flip people off, they swear at council members leaving the chambers, they cackle like chickens," says Voakes, speaking to the motion during the council meeting. "I'm hoping that council would endorse and support that we do nothing on this particular motion."
Voakes wanted to see documentation that advised council it was in the wrong in approving a resolution to ask McDermott to leave.
Bjorkman pointed to town staff.
"That information was given to me by our administration," says Bjorkman. "Their recommendation is that that's in the act and we should not be taking that step."
Councillor Sherry Bondy called the situation unfortunate, but is ready to move on.
"In the future, if any one of us sees anything in the audience that we do not wish to see, we call 'point of order' and we address it and if our mayor cannot address it, we ask our deputy mayor to address it," says Bondy.
Essex Mayor Ron McDermott excused himself from the vote that rescinded the previous resolution citing conflict of interest.
