YORK, Neb. ? Members of the York County Board are at the center of an effort to recall York County Attorney Bill Sutter.
County Board Chairman Kurt Bulgrin filed paperwork Wednesday to recall Sutter; however, that document was rejected. A second petition filed Thursday by board member Pat Bredenkamp, with pared-down reasons for the action, was recorded Thursday at the York County Clerk's Office.
A statement released late Wednesday under Bulgrin's name and contact information said action was taken "after an investigation was conducted into Sutter's mismanagement of the York County Attorney's Office."
Sutter told the York News-Times, "I have done nothing wrong. I have performed (the duties of) my office. I'm shocked and dismayed."
Bulgrin's press release said board members ordered an investigation after accusations were made about unprofessional conduct Sutter allegedly displayed toward his staff, his unwillingness to prosecute cases involving child pornography and his unwillingness to prosecute sex offenders who fail to register.
The last two elements were the reason the first petition was rejected. Thursday afternoon, Bulgrin said he has since learned that whom a public prosecutor chooses to prosecute does not constitute a legal and proper cause for recall.
In the press release, Bulgrin said: "The County Board met with Mr. Sutter and presented the findings of the investigation to him. After his refusal to submit a letter of resignation, he left the members of the board no other choice but to go public with the investigation and to start the process of removing him from office through a recall.
"Mr. Sutter's unprofessional and inappropriate behavior has created a hostile work environment within his office as well as in the community when performing his duties as county coroner."
The second recall petition, filed by Bredenkamp, listed the reasons for the action as negligence of duties and unprofessional and inappropriate conduct.
On Thursday morning, Bulgrin said County Board members are acting as "individual members of the community" in this matter and not as the sitting board.
Sutter said he was blindsided by Wednesday's events.
"I was called down to a board meeting at 11 o'clock, confronted by this and told to resign by 4 o'clock Wednesday or they were going to initiate a recall," he said Thursday morning.
Sutter has been York's county attorney since April 2010, when he was appointed by the County Board to fill an unexpired term. He has since been elected to the post.
A native of York, Sutter spent most of his legal career as a civil litigator in private practice in Lincoln. He oversees a staff of three.
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