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Planning board chair resigns; members elect new chair and vice chair
Summary
Chair Dave Thimmel resigned effective June 22, 2026; the Planning Board moved to appoint Jim Fletcher as chair and Randy Beltz as vice chair, and to seat Susan Stockwell to finish Thimmel's term. Motions passed by recorded tallies at the meeting.
At the June 22 meeting, Planning Board Chair Dave Thimmel announced his resignation and the board approved changes to its leadership and membership.
At 7:29 p.m. Thimmel moved that Jim Fletcher become chair following his resignation; George Rainier seconded. The motion passed with a 5-0-1 tally; Jim Fletcher recused himself from voting on that motion. Thimmel then moved to appoint Randy Beltz as vice chair; the motion, seconded by Fletcher, passed 6-0-0. Thimmel also moved to seat Susan Stockwell as a full member to finish his term; that motion passed 6-0-0.
Thimmel and Jason Bennett said they will email formal resignation letters to Michelle Hall, the meeting recorder. The board thanked Thimmel for his work. Thimmel left the meeting at 7:36 p.m.
The votes were recorded as tallies in the meeting minutes; individual yes/no votes were not listed by name in the transcript. No separate agenda item listing term lengths or effective dates for the new officers was mentioned during the meeting.
