A course of to fill a vacant Islamorada council seat got here to an finish initially of Tuesday’s village council assembly.
With candidate Greg Dully withdrawing his identify from consideration earlier than the assembly, the village council proceeded to pick out Anna Richards to fill the seat left by Buddy Pinder final month. The vote was 4-0.
In his remarks to council members, Dully mentioned he determined to step down from consideration after a lot thought and prayer.
Council members had been at an deadlock following a particular Jan. 30 assembly to pick out one among seven candidates who expressed curiosity within the seat. Dully and Richards had been finalists, however council remained at a 2-2 impasse for greater than two hours. Council finally tabled the matter to March on the conclusion of that assembly.
Following the vote at Tuesday’s assembly, Richards took to the microphone to inform fellow council members of her intentions to be sworn in on the finish of the assembly.
“I’ve learn all the things tonight, however in all equity to everybody concerned, together with myself, I would favor myself till we waited till the top of the assembly to do it,” Richards mentioned.
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