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Commissioner Bush announces resignation; commission sets timeline for applications and appointment
Summary
Commissioner Bush said she will resign in December for graduate school; the commission agreed to accept applications after the resignation is formal and asked staff to follow the city's two‑week posting policy so an appointment can be considered at the first scheduled meetings in January.
Commissioner Bush announced at the Nov. 24 meeting that she intends to resign from the Mount Pleasant City Commission effective in December because of a scheduling conflict with graduate‑school courses. She urged a transparent process and recommended Hannah Demerath as a potential applicant; she also acknowledged the appointments committee would handle any formal recommendation.
City staff and the city attorney advised commissioners that the city's appointment policy requires at least a two‑week posting period before the effective vacancy date. Commissioners discussed calendar options and agreed to open applications after the resignation is accepted so that the appointments committee and the commission can review candidates and consider an appointment at the first substantive meeting in January.
The commission did not vote on the resignation during the workshop (work session format), but members agreed on a timeline: post applications consistent with the two‑week policy, accept candidate materials, and aim to make a recommendation at the city's first January meeting so the new appointee can be sworn in at the second meeting in January.
The process steps described by staff: accept applications for a window that will be at least two weeks from the effective vacancy date; Planning/appointments committee will screen candidates and present a recommendation to the City Commission; the commission will make the final appointment under the city charter timeline (vacancy to be filled within 30 days of the effective date). The commission emphasized that any appointment would follow standard procedures and public notice requirements.
