Saline MI
1-09-2026 4:34pm

Chelsea Offers City Manager to Elle Cole

Chelsea City Council voted to conditionally offer Elle Cole the position of City Manager.

Cole is Deputy City Manager in Saline. She came to Saline when she was hired as Treasurer. In the fall of 2024 she added Deputy City Manager to her title. When City Manager Colleen O'Toole resigned, she became the Interim City Manager. She applied to be the City Manager, but the position went to Dan Swallow after a contentious, broken process.

In a recent interview with The Saline Post, Mayor Brian Marl was asked about Cole's role in the city government. He noted that Cole's role had transformed into a special projects position, praising her work on the downtown public space, Thorncrest evictions, and the potential purchase of the Davenport House.

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1-09-2026 6:16pm

Congratulations to you Ms.Cole!  Very well deserved.

Saline City Council railroaded you out while you were doing an excellent job. Saline’s loss thanks to Mayor Marl’s manipulations and his divisive and dysfunctional council. 

And congratulations to Chelsea! You just landed a true, qualified and honest professional who will loyally serve and undoubtedly enhance your entire community!

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1-10-2026 4:40am

Glad to see she has landed somewhere. Time shall tell whether this is or is not a positive for Chelsea.

As for selection in Saline, very tired of the unfounded accusations many of which seem to have been started by a very divisive and negative Council member who has engaged in such activity across a number of topics and would better serve the City by ending his tenure. It is nothing but bully tactics and very saddened to see it occurring in Saline. Bottom line is there were candidates that the majority of Council ultimately found were better suited for the position on a holistic evaluation.

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