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DOVER – The two people seeking to serve as the Ward 4 city councilor for the remainder of the year made their cases to the City Council this week.
Former Ward 4 City Councilor Marcia Gasses and Ward 4 resident Mark Speidel talked Wednesday about their qualifications and why they’re interested in serving as Ward 4 councilor.
Former Ward 4 councilor Joshua Manley formally resigned in December after missing two months of City Council meetings.
The City Council is scheduled to pick Manley’s replacement at its Jan. 27 meeting, and that person will be sworn in that night.
Speidel, a graduate of the University of New Hampshire and retired financial advisor, told the council he’s lived in Ward 4 for 15 years.
DOVER – The City Council voted 6-2 to accept the resignation of former Ward 4 City Councilor Joshua Manley and to replace him through a council appointment process.
City Councilors Fergus Cullen and John O Connor voted against the motion, after Cullen suggested a special election was needed to replace Manley.
Manley, who was serving his first term, submitted his resignation letter to the council after Foster’s Daily Democrat ran a story reporting that he had not attended a council meeting since Sept. 9.
City Manager Mike Joyal said the city charter dictates that the council replace Manley by appointment rather than special election because there’s less than a year left in his term.