However, within minutes, he was appointed to fill another vacant seat on the board.
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Piccolo, who has served on the city commission for 10 years, had actually been defeated in the November general election when he finished fifth in the race for the four available spots. His current term would have expired Dec. 31.
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But then a vacancy occurred following the death of Commissioner Larry Mott on Nov. 17, after he had already been reelected.
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Mott, a board member for 13 years, had been the top vote getter in the general election garnering 1,942 votes. Piccolo was edged out for the final seat by newcomer Daniel Wernick by just 38 votes, 1,444 to 1,406.