By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
In addition to certifying the results of the Oct. 4 city election, the Assembly at its Tuesday meeting will accept the letter of resignation from Dave Miller, and begin the process of selecting a replacement.
Miller has announced that he will retire because of health reasons. The city charter says the Assembly will have 20 days to select a replacement to serve until the next election.
Included in the Assembly meeting packet are a suggested notice of vacancy seeking applicants for the appointment, and a copy of the city code amendment passed in 2004 that removes the former requirement that the appointment would go to the first runner-up in the previous Assembly election.
The meeting is 6 p.m. at Harrigan Centennial Hall.
Final unofficial results of the Oct. 4 election were announced Friday afternoon after the count of absentee and write-in votes. The outcome was unchanged from election night results.
At Sentinel press time today the final unofficial results were:
For Mayor, Steven Eisenbeisz (winner) 1,282, Valorie Nelson 697, and Kevin Mosher 391.
For Assembly, Chris Ystad 1,440 and Thor Christianson 1,217 (winners) Richard Wein 925, Kris Chinalski 741, Ryan Herbert 148.
For School Board, Mitch Mork 1,745, Tristan Guevin 1,709, Melonie Boord (write-in) 480. Based on the order of finish, Mork won the three-year term, Guevin the two-year term and Boord the one-year term.
Ballot Prop. 1 (marijuana tax) passed 1,369-986.
Ballot Prop. 2 (haulout) passed 1,921-453.
An unusual item on the meeting agenda is a motion to convene the Assembly as a Board of Adjustment to hear an appeal by Administrator John Leach to a decision by the Planning Commission at its Sept. 21 meeting.
At that meeting the commission voted 3-2 to approve a utility variance for subdivision developers at 300 Kramer Drive against the recommendations by the public works department and the planning department staff that the variance be denied. The Assembly will hear arguments for and against the variance with city staff opposing the variance and Todd Fleming representing the developers.
Other items on the Assembly agenda include approval of a three-year collective bargaining agreement for the police department union; recognition of out-going Assembly members Kevin Knox and Dave Miller; and administering the oath of office to newly-elected members Ystad and Christianson.
Also on the agenda is a report on the results of the tourism survey and a motion reaffirming the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples Day.
