Board fires City Administrator Carl Geffken after nine years, citing leadership concerns and a recent hot-mic controversy.

The Fort Smith board of directors has voted to fire City Administrator Carl E. Geffken. This comes after comments made by Geffken in a recent regular meeting, Geffken could be heard saying "stupid" after someone spoke.

With a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 10) fired Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken, who had been in the job more

The move comes after the board unanimously voted to oust Carl Geffken from the position on Tuesday in a special session called for his performance evaluation.

Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken is out, following a unanimous vote by the city's Board of Directors on Tuesday.

"Fort Smith is a great city and over the past eight years and seven months, we have done a lot to improve the city. That is most important," Geffken said.

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