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Mayor accepts county election, council accepts resignation and discusses appointment
Summary
The Swisher mayor told the council they won a county election and will step down tomorrow; the council unanimously accepted the resignation and reviewed the statutory process for appointing the next mayor, noting the mayor pro tem would assume duties (without veto power) if no candidate is appointed.
The mayor opened the meeting by announcing they had won election to the county office and that, as of tomorrow at 11:59 p.m., they would resign the mayoral seat. "As you know, I won my election last week. Officially, as of tomorrow night at 11:59PM, I will no longer be your mayor," the Mayor said, and council members moved to accept the resignation, which passed without opposition.
Councilors discussed next steps for filling the vacancy. Staff explained that if no written requests to be appointed are received, the mayor pro tem legally steps into the mayoral duties and retains voting rights but not the mayoral veto. The council agreed there were no written applicants at the time and that the matter could be revisited if a candidate came forward; members directed staff to follow applicable notice and election rules when the time came to either appoint or place the seat on a future ballot.
