Former Weatherly Mayor/Council President Paul J. Hadzick believes his resignation last year was not proper, as he never submitted a written resignation.

Questions regarding his resignation have surfaced repeatedly on social media and at council meetings, fueled in part by the position not appearing on the ballot for the November election.

Hadzick verbally resigned in April after council reconvened from an executive session in which they discussed an investigation into sexual harassment allegations made by four borough employees.

Council immediately accepted Hadzick’s resignation.

Hadzick then posted a resignation on social media, which council accepted at its May meeting.

Council moved forward without Hadzick. In June, the vacancy board appointed Councilman Norman Richie as mayor/council president, which is a dual role in the borough’s form of government, until the end of the year.

Earlier this month, Hadzick said he questioned the legitimacy of his resignation at a special council meeting.

He told council that they could not act on a verbal resignation alone, and that a signed, written resignation needs to be on file under the rules set by the state’s Borough Code.

“I asked Tracy (Grover), the new borough manager. I said, ‘Do you have it in writing and signed that I resigned?’ She said, ‘No,’ ” he said.

Grover confirmed in an email earlier this month that there was no written resignation but also pointed out that Hadzick resigned at a public meeting and on social media.

Council did accept his resignation, Grover said.

Borough solicitor James Nanovic on Friday also confirmed that council accepted Hadzick’s verbal resignation in April and then his social media resignation in May.

“There’s nothing that requires it to be in writing,” Nanovic said.

The Borough Code does have provisions regarding written resignations, but it does not say a resignation needs to be in writing, Nanovic said.

“I know PJ disagrees,” he said, pointing out that he has spoken to Hadzick about this.

Nanovic reminded Hadzick that he was sitting next to him at the meeting when he resigned, the solicitor said.

Last month, resident Beth Parker asked council about Hadzick’s resignation, saying that people in town were saying that he never resigned.

“That is absolutely not true,” said Michael Bellizia, who currently serves as mayor/council president.

Parker asked how people could get away with saying that.

“People say a lot of things,” Nanovic told her.

Parker then said the county election bureau couldn’t put the position of mayor/council president on the ballot in November due to Hadzick not properly resigning.

Bellizia again said that’s not true.

The position didn’t make the November ballot due to a communication error between the county and borough.

County officials say the election office never received official notification of the resignation or that there was a newly appointed mayor, and borough officials say they did contact the county regarding resignation.

“We desperately wanted that on (the ballot),” Bellizia told Parker in January. “Because nobody wants to be appointed. They would rather be elected.”

Hadzick said he plans to attend Monday’s council meeting, as he continues to have questions that he would like council to address.