A Guy's Entitled to Change His Mind: Comes Stays as Madison City Engineer

Props to Chuck Clement, whose Internet updates suggest Jon Hunter is realizing the power of the Internet!

Looks like the City of Watertown won't be enticing Madison's city engineer away after all. At last night's Madison City Commission meeting, Chad Comes asked to withdraw his resignation letter and stay on as Madison's city engineer. Interestingly, Commission Nick Abraham thought the best course of action was to table Comes's request for a week and have further discussion. No one seconded that motion, and the commission went on to approve Comes's request on a 4–1 vote, with Abraham dissenting.

Any ideas on what Commissioner Abraham might have wanted to discuss?

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Media note: last time Newsmonger, the Watertown Public Opinion blog, broke the story that Watertown had hired Comes before Comes had a chance to submit his letter of resignation to Mayor Hexom. With this story on Comes's resignation withdrawal and two others published online after Monday's print deadline, Clement appears to be on a mission to make the Madison Daily Leader website the home for local breaking news. Hmmm... looks like I might have to hire some staff!

Watertown Recruits Madison's City Engineer

Madison's out a city engineer: Chad Comes is moving up the road to Watertown. Their mayor, Gary Williams, characterizes the move as a homecoming for Comes, who is a native of nearby Waverly. Watertown seems particularly pleased with Comes's experience revising "city ordinances and engineering policies, a process they are just starting.

So hey, any of you up-and-coming engineers with an administrative bent looking for work? Madison has a good-paying job for you! Apply now!