Red Bank Mayor Joe Glasscock on Wednesday fired a warning shot at Chris Dorsey over the city manager’s dismissal of longtime police Chief Larry Sneed.
Mr. Dorsey must remain in good standing with the five-member commission because a quorum of three could fire him at any time, said the mayor, who is one of the commission members.
“If he can fire the police chief and three commissioners can fire him, I think he’s backed himself into a corner,” said Mr. Glasscock. “Chris ought to realize that, if he doesn’t pay some attention to it, he’s making the citizens of Red Bank very unhappy.”
Former chief Sneed, who was hired in 2003 to serve “at the pleasure” of the city manager, was fired from his post Friday afternoon for what Mr. Dorsey said were issues with “management style, personnel skills and internal policy choices.”
Mr. Dorsey said he doesn’t worry about losing his job, even with the possibility that Mr. Sneed’s firing could become a campaign issue for commission races in November.