DELPHI COMMON COUNCIL ELECTS WERLING TO FILL MAYOR VACANCY
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August 17, 2020 – The City of Delphi Common Council met in a special-called meeting Saturday, August 15 at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of filling the vacancy of the office of Mayor following the resignation of Shane Evans to become Chief Deputy Prosecutor for Carroll County. Candidates Dale R. Seward and Anita Werling presented opening statements and answered rounds of questions from the Council. Following Council discussion, both candidates were nominated to fill the vacancy. In the election that followed, Anita Werling received a majority of the Council’s votes and was announced as the Mayor to become effective at midnight, August 16, 2020. Werling was then sworn in by Clerk-Treasurer Leanne Aldrich.
“It is an honor to be selected as Mayor of this great community,” said Werling. “I will do my best to represent the interests of the City and its residents and to keep Delphi on the path of progress led by Shane Evans.” Werling has served on the Board of Works since January, 2020 and on the Carroll County Area Plan Commission since March. She served on the committee that planned the Stellar Communities application and project implementation beginning in 2012 and oversaw the restoration and rehabilitation of the Delphi Opera House project. Ms. Werling has been very active in the community since moving to Delphi in 2005, serving on numerous non-profit boards, steering committees, and task forces.
“It is an honor to be selected as Mayor of this great community,” said Werling. “I will do my best to represent the interests of the City and its residents and to keep Delphi on the path of progress led by Shane Evans.” Werling has served on the Board of Works since January, 2020 and on the Carroll County Area Plan Commission since March. She served on the committee that planned the Stellar Communities application and project implementation beginning in 2012 and oversaw the restoration and rehabilitation of the Delphi Opera House project. Ms. Werling has been very active in the community since moving to Delphi in 2005, serving on numerous non-profit boards, steering committees, and task forces.
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