Carthage City Administrator Tom Short out, Dagnan in

The City of Carthage and City Administrator Tom Short are parting ways.

A City Facebook posting announced that Short had made the decision to retire effective April 1st.

Carthage Mayor Dan Rife reportedly requested Short’s resignation for undisclosed reasons.

The action was taken just prior to a City election in the next few days that could result in the election of new council members and a new Mayor.

Assistant City Administrator Greg Dagnan, a former Carthage Police Chief, will be replacing Short, who was hired by the city back in 1997. He was the longest-serving City Administrator in the City’s history.

Before coming to Carthage, Short worked in Ponca City, Oklahoma and Silver City, New Mexico.