17 file to fill vacant Town Council seat

Seventeen people have applied to fill the Town Council seat being vacated by Wendy Harrison, who is resigning effective Sunday.

The council has the Tuesday and June 16 regular meetings to appoint a new member.

If no replacement is named following the June 16 meeting, a special election is required.

A special election would cost about $60,000.

The new member would serve until the next council election scheduled in March, and could run for another term.

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Council members are paid $18,600 annually.

The applicants are: Andrea L. Burke, David Brian BuShea Jr., Michael Counts, Elizabeth DeLuca, Marc S. Dobin, Steve French, Patricia Hauge-Adolph, Ben Klug, Mark Kubiliun, Burton Lamont, Len Laurro, Linda A. Otto, Wayne R. Posner, Larry W. Richards, Ann Skakandy, Keats Soder and Patricia Strayer.

The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Monday.

An Abacoa resident, Harrison was elected in 2007 to complete the year remaining in the term of Don Daniels, who resigned. Harrison was re-elected in 2008, 2011 and 2014.

Harrison’s husband, Peter Elwell, who earlier this year resigned after 14 years as town manager of Palm Beach, is now town manager in Brattleboro, Vt., his hometown.

His father, Corwin Elwell, was town manager in Brattleboro from 1960 to 1989.

For information or to view candidate resumes, go to jupiter.fl.us.