Regional Radio News has learned Clinton Mayor Roger Cyrulik has submitted his resignation effective this Friday, July 28.

Regional Radio is working to acquire further details about the Mayor's abrupt resignation. The mayor submitted his resignation Friday. 

The Commissioner of Finance acts as the Mayor pro-tem, and in this case it will fall to Tom Edmunds who has previously served as Clinton's Mayor twice before in June of 1996 until 2003 and then in 2010 - both under circumstances of the resignation of the current Mayor. The Council will then appoint a Mayor at some point in August. 

Cyrulik was most recently elected Mayor in 2015, re-elected in 2019 and this past April.

The Mayor's resignation comes at an important time for the City. Clinton is still seeking to fill a nearly two-year vacancy in the Administrator's chair. Additionally, the City has major projects coming up in the form of the multi-million dollar water tower project. 

There will be a special election for the Mayor's seat in April 2025 - according to the State Board of Elections.