On Monday the Fort Myers Beach Town Council put the process in place to fill the seat of retired council member Jim Atterholt. The plan is to have the seat filled by the February 17th town council meeting.
If you’d like to be considered for the open seat you have until February 2nd to put in an application. Go HERE.
Once applications are in they will be turned over to the town council to review. The council will then vote on who they want to fill the seat at the town council meeting on February 17th. Three votes are needed to win the seat. Whoever is chosen will take the seat immediately.
The appointment would be for 10 months, until the November election, starting February 17th. Then, that seat will be on the November election for a 4-year term along with the John King seat and Rebecca Link seat.
As of today, Jim Dunlap and Tom Brady have made their interest public. Dunlap is on the LPA and chairs the Charter Review Committee. Brady came in second place in the recall election of Karen Woodson and John King. Both Brady and Dunlap have been on Beach Talk Radio several times and we’ve invited them on together on Sunday, January 18th. We will keep you posted if they accept.
Atterholt was re-elected to his seat in November of 2024 and decided to retire last month with just under 3 years left on his 4-year term.