Chesy mayor to choose council seat

Published 8:02 am Tuesday, December 24, 2019

CHESAPEAKE — The village council of Chesapeake had intended to fill a vacant seat on the body at a special session on Thursday.

However, as there were not enough council members available to attend that session, they were unable to have a quorum and the choice of the replacement will now fall to outgoing Mayor Tommy Templeton.

Council member Richard Stover announced his resignation the last week of November.

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The council had originally offered the seat to Templeton, who declined at December’s regular session, so the special session was scheduled.

If a choice is not made within 30 days, the decision falls to Templeton, whose term runs until Dec. 31.

Templeton narrowly lost his bid for re-election in November to Kimberly Oldaker by a three-vote margin. She will take over as mayor on Jan. 1 and took the oath of office in advance at an event on Friday.