Former Marshall Main Street Manager says firing was 'unfair and unjust'

A Marshall police officer stands outside the Human Resources office of Manager Christol Hall making small talk with HR Coordinator Heather Wallace.

It is Tuesday, Nov. 30, and the officer is there because the Marshall Police Department was asked to escort Hall and a terminated employee to the Main Street office on Washington Street.

Inside Hall’s office, Main Street Manager Veronique Ramirez is being fired. Outside, the officer and Wallace chat quietly while they wait and other city employees wander by the office.

“I don’t know why I was called here and not to meet them on Main Street if nothing was happening here,” the officer eventually asks.

New details regarding the Nov. 30 firing of Main Street Manager Veronique Ramirez have been released, showing Ramirez’s and other city employees’ moods and movements at City Hall in the immediate aftermath of her termination.

The information comes from body camera footage taken by the officer and received by the News Messenger through a Freedom of Information request.

Wendy Herigon, the Marshall Police Department’s records clerk, said that an officer was initially called to City Hall on Nov. 30 when Hall placed a call directly to Herigon’s office requesting that an officer come to City Hall. Herigon described Hall’s demeanor as calm and not frantic or in need of immediate assistance.

MPD Lt. Len Ames confirmed that the call was placed before the termination was carried out and that this is a fairly common practice with city officials who are carrying out terminations.

“We do respond to the city, and to businesses, for a request to have an officer present during a termination,” Ames said, “It’s also especially true if it is a sudden termination, or if that employee is one with a significant amount of power, like if they have keys that would need to be surrendered.”

No incident report was filed regarding the Nov. 30 incident, with the call for service records indicating it as handled by officers.

The call was coded as a “disorderly person,” but Ames explained that with a call for officers to be present during a termination, the department does not have a code for that particular situation. Due to this, they file the calls under disorderly person.

“It’s more like we are there to prevent a person from becoming disorderly during a termination,” Ames said.

City Manager Mark Rohr said Ramirez was fired for an inability to accept responsibility and not accepting feedback in connection with a Wonderland of Lights staffing issue.

In previously detailing the circumstances around Ramirez’s firing, Rohr stated on Dec. 7 that “Her (Ramirez’s) behavior in dealing with these circumstances necessitated HR calling a police officer to deal with her combative response.”

Ramirez is currently appealing her termination.
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