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Knob Noster Board accepts Mayor Carter’s resignation, appoints Perry Byerly as interim mayor
Summary
At its Aug. 20 meeting, the Knob Noster Board of Aldermen accepted Mayor Carter’s resignation and voted to appoint Board President Perry Byerly as mayor until the next municipal election; Byerly abstained from the appointment vote. The meeting opened with the Pledge and adjourned shortly after the appointments.
The Knob Noster Board of Aldermen accepted the resignation of Mayor Carter and voted to appoint Board President Perry Byerly as interim mayor until the next municipal election.
City Clerk Amy M. Schouten read Mayor Carter’s resignation aloud before Alderman Thering moved to accept it and Alderman Palmer seconded. A roll-call vote recorded Aldermen Palmer, Thering, Smith, Charrette and President Byerly as voting Aye; the motion to accept the resignation carried.
Following the acceptance, members discussed appointing the president of the board to serve as mayor until the next municipal election. Alderman Charrette moved to appoint Alderman Perry Byerly; Alderman Thering seconded. In the roll-call on that motion, four aldermen voted Aye and Byerly recorded an abstention; the motion carried, making Byerly mayor through the next municipal election cycle.
The board then moved to adjourn. Alderman Charrette made the motion to adjourn, which Alderman Stauffer-Baum seconded; the motion passed as recorded and the meeting closed soon thereafter.
The minutes record Amy M. Schouten as the city clerk certifying the proceedings. The resignation letter’s contents and any effective date for Mayor Carter’s resignation were read aloud but not specified in the record, and the transcript does not provide further detail about transition logistics or a timetable for swearing-in.
