CLARK COUNTY —
Jeffersonville Clerk-Treasurer Peggy Wilder said Tuesday she’s planning on keeping regular office hours again.
The statement comes a day after the Jeffersonville City Council passed a resolution indicating it would not pursue her impeachment. And the resolution came after months of criticism that she was not showing up to work on a regular basis.
She’s also been in legal trouble, charged with misdemeanor conversion in Indiana for allegedly using city credit cards for personal purchases. She ended up paying for the charges instead of the city. She was also sentenced to community service for a misdemeanor theft charge in Kentucky, where she traded in a vehicle for which she didn’t have a title.
According to the resolution passed by the council Monday night, Wilder’s office had not failed to fulfill its statutory obligations, such as preserving city records and serving as the city’s fiscal officer.
“This office is run very effectively,” she said.
Asked to comment on her absence she said, “I don’t think it’s any secret that I’ve had a lot of setbacks. And I’m trying to get my life back together.”
Much of the controversy surrounding Wilder came out of an Indiana State Board of Accounts audit that was released in late 2008, detailing her use of city credit cards. She noted that she recently completed an exit conference for another board audit that’s far less critical of her office.
That audit has not been released yet.
The interview with Wilder took place as she was moving out of her office and into an area on the third floor of city hall that’s currently being used as storage space. Wilder said the move came at the request of Mayor Tom Galligan.
Galligan’s spokesperson, Larry Thomas, confirmed the office formerly occupied by Wilder would be used for newly hired financial adviser Monica Harmon, who’s replacing Bill Mattingly, who formerly held the position. Harmon starts Monday, Thomas said.
Galligan has said that Harmon will effectively take over treasurer duties as controller in 2012, when Jeffersonville converts to a second-class city and only the clerk is an elected position.
Asked if she was upset about having to move, Wilder indicated she was not.
“It’s just space. It’s just a room,” she said.
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