Varnell has been without a city manager since February. Without a mayor since May. And now it finds itself without a city clerk.

But Mayor Pro Tem David Owens says the City Council hopes to fill the city manager’s position within the next few weeks and to quickly hire a new clerk.

Owens said city clerk Michelle Ray sent an e-mail of resignation on July 6. Ray is no longer working at City Hall, and Owens said the city has already begun advertising for a new clerk as well as a maintenance supervisor.

Ray took maternity leave in October 2007, and she returned part time in January, according to Owens.

“She couldn’t work out a schedule,” he said, when asked why she resigned. A phone number for Ray could not be found.

Her resignation leaves no one in city offices.

“It’s a situation this council was handed, and we are trying to deal with it as best we can,” said Owens.

“We have a city phone transferred to an employee who works out of the police department,” he said. “We can receive people, but it is on the police side.”

Council members said police administrative assistant Jamie Dunkel will be answering the phone and helping people.

“We’ve got it covered,” said council member Mark Fidler.

City manager Jestin Johnson resigned in February after just five months on the job to take a position with an Atlanta engineering firm.

Long-time mayor Lindsey Metcalf stepped down in May.

City Council members say they have already interviewed two candidates for city manager and they plan to interview three more on Thursday. The city received about 25 applications for the manager’s position, according to council members.

Owens said council members hope to make a selection at their meeting on July 22.

“If we can do that, we will make an offer that week,” he said.