The Talladega City Council formally accepted the resignation of manager Michael Stampfler and agreed unanimously to release him from his contract now rather than in July, but was divided on how to proceed from here.

Stampfler, who was not present, did not give a reason for his resignation in the note, stating only that he would have two years of service as of July 7, fulfilling the ethics standard set out by the International City Managers’ Association. His proposed last day on the job would have been July 15.

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