Megan Pohl completed her first full day as Wright City's treasurer Dec. 2.
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Megan Pohl completed her first full day on the job as Wright City’s treasurer Dec. 2, stepping in for former Treasurer Laura Hutchings, who is retiring.
Pohl, originally from North County in St. Louis, moved to Wright City nearly nine years ago and has worked in the community ever since.
Previously she worked for Hackmann Lumber first in their contractor’s division and then moving on to outside sales and accounts payable. While she had worked there for eight years when the treasurer position opened she saw an opportunity to become more involved with her community.
“One, it was close to home, and two, I’ve known a lot of people in Wright City and I wanted to be in the community, knowing that this is where I wanted to be,” said Pohl. “And this position opened up and I was like, oh my gosh, I can do this.”
She received an associate’s degree in general studies and finance from St. Louis Community College. She has also been learning the ropes from Hutchings, who plans to come by and check on her even after her retirement.
“She is fully retired, but she is going to come back and help during certain times to make sure I’m doing okay,” said Pohl.
Even with her previous experience with Hackmann, she said there is still a learning curve with municipal finances, which do operate differently than businesses.
“It is very unique, it’s a lot of detail oriented numbers, checking numbers and making sure everybody turns in their stuff which was completely different from anything I’ve ever had,” said Pohl.
She said during the training process she was particularly impressed with how grants could be used by the city to achieve its goals.
Pohl hoped that she would be able to settle into the role and gather the institutional knowledge necessary to continue to provide stability at the position.
She also lauded City Clerk Abbie Ogborn as a role model for what she hopes to achieve with the city.
“I hope to be as well respected as Abbie (Ogborn) is, just to be on that same level of respect,” said Pohl. “Because what she does for this community and how much she is absolutely loved and cared for by the community, that’s honestly what I would love to do.”
