11 run for 3 slots in Wellington
Two vie for mayor; others seek pair of council seats
WELLINGTON – A two-term Wellington Village Council member is facing a resident making his second run for public office in the race for the village mayor’s seat.
Vice Mayor Michael Napoleone is competing against Bart Novack, a frequent critic of village governance, to replace longtime mayor Anne Gerwig, who is leaving office because of term limits and is running for the Florida House of Representatives.
Three of the five seats on the Wellington council are up for grabs in the March 19 election as term limits also require Napoleone and Michael Drahos to leave their council seats.
Village residents will see a total of 11 candidates on their ballots. Besides the two candidates for mayor, four are running for Seat 1 and another five are competing for Seat 4.
The newly elected officials will de tasked with voting on a variety of residential and commercial development proposals for Wellington, which is facing growth pressures. Some of the projects call for construction near the equestrian preserve, on the K-Park property and Wellington Green Park and possibly redevelopment of the village’s largest commercial site, the Mall at Wellington Green.
In Wellington, the mayor and councilmembers serve four-year terms and are limited to two consecutive terms in each office.
Polling places across the county will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. that day, when Florida’s presidential primary elections also will occur.
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