TOWER- Michael Schultz has been on the job as Tower’s new city clerk-treasurer for a little over a week, and mostly what he has learned so far is that he still has a lot to learn.
“I’ve gotten an immense amount of information over the last week,” he said. “I am soaking it all in.”
Schultz said he knew, coming in, that it was going to take some time to learn all the new systems in place at city hall. But he noted he is a quick learner and that the support he is getting from city hall staff, including the former clerk, and city council members has been very important.
Schultz and his family, including his wife Allycia and daughters Brielle and Evelyn, moved to Tower a little over three years ago. Brielle is a fourth-grader at Marquette School in Virginia, and Evelyn is about to turn three. Michael left a management job in the Twin Cities to work at the Minnesota Revenue Department in Ely.
“I took a step down to work for the state,” he said, but that was a choice their family made so they could live up north.
The opportunity to work as city clerk-treasurer brings him back to a job with the types of challenge he feels he can excel at.
“To me, this job is right up my alley,” he said. “I thrive on being challenged, instead of monotony. I remain calm under pressure and think things through.”
Schultz grew up in Britt. “I’ve been coming to Tower for the Fourth of July parade since I was a kid,” he said, “and we would camp at Hoodoo Point.”
His parents eventually moved to Tower, which made the decision to locate in Tower an easy one.
“This location is great,” he said. “We love being in a small town and getting to know everybody. We can walk to the park. And most things we need are right here.”