Vacant Talkeetna Council Seat Filled

At Monday’s regular monthly meeting, the Talkeetna Community Council, Inc. board of directors chose Chris Grabowski to fill its vacant seat.

Grabowski won a secret-ballot vote of the board to fill the seat initially vacated by Mark Moren earlier this year.

Grabowski was running against Geri McCann. McCann won a similar secret ballot election this spring, but the seat was vacated again after questions concerning her residency documentation. McCann said at the time that she was a permanent resident of Talkeetna, but had yet to update some of her official records. She says those records were updated shortly after the first vote by the board to appoint her. Following the confusion over McCann’s residency, the board enacted a policy to allow more opportunity to verify documents before a vacancy appointment is made.

According to Talkeetna Community Council bylaws, seats that are filled mid-term will be up for a general vote at the next regular borough election date. Due to vacancies, this year will see five of the seven seats up for election this year. At Monday’s meeting, TCCI chair Whitney Wolff encouraged interested community members to run for seats this October.