By JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN
BG Independent News
Bowling Green City Council has an open seat and is looking for a Fourth Ward resident to fill it. Anyone interested has six days to submit a resume, and 13 days to prepare a speech.
On Friday, Theresa Charters Gavarone submitted her letter of resignation as Fourth Ward council member in order to take her new appointment as state representative.
So anyone interested in filling her council position has until Aug. 8 at 4:30 p.m. to submit a letter of interest and a resume to the clerk of city council, Kay Scherreik. The information can be emailed to kay.scherreik@bgohio.org or sent by mail to 304 N. Church St., Bowling Green.
Applicants will then be asked to give a brief presentation before City Council’s Committee of the Whole on Aug. 15, at 6 p.m., in the council chambers. The presentations will be limited to about five minutes.
City Council may then vote during its 7 p.m. meeting, also on Aug. 15, to select a person to fill the Fourth Ward seat.
Council President Mike Aspacher thanked Charters Gavarone for her service to the city. “Obviously, we’re very thankful of Theresa’s contribution,” he said during Monday’s council meeting.
Charters Gavarone was not at Monday’s meeting, but stated in her resignation letter that she would assist in the transition process for a new Fourth Ward council member.
“In order to ease the transition, I would be happy to meet with you and any potential candidates for the council seat,” she wrote.
“Working with each of you and serving the people of Bowling Green in this capacity has provided valuable experience that will strengthen my position as a state representative when I am sworn into office on Aug. 2, 2016,” Charters Gavarone wrote.
“I am very grateful to have been part of a team that created nearly 1,000 jobs and addressed numerous concerns for our residents over the past 2 ½ years,” she wrote. “It’s been a pleasure working with you on City Council and I look forward to continuing that relationship as I address the concerns of Wood County in Columbus.”
