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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The mayor of a small mid-Missouri city has resigned after pleading guilty to drunken driving.

Russellville Mayor Phil Hagenhoff was stopped earlier this month by deputies from the Cole County Sheriff's Department at the scene of a structure fire. A breath test showed that Hagenhoff had a blood-alcohol level of .160. Missouri's legal limit for driving is 0.08.

The Jefferson News Tribune reported Wednesday that the Russellville City Council accepted Hagenhoff's resignation during an evening meeting Tuesday. The city clerk read a letter from Hagenhoff, in which he apologized. Hagenhoff did not attend the meeting.

Hagenhoff already had removed his name from the April ballot. A city councilman is Russellville's acting mayor.

Read the letter Hagenhoff wrote to the Russellville City Council. The city clerk read the letter to the council during the meeting because Hagenhoff was not there.