◼ Mayor Jäger recommends Chet Albin for 5th ward. - John Chiv/Words Worth
The following is the press release from the city of Eureka:
Mayor Frank Jäger announced today that he is recommending Chet Albin for appointment to the Eureka City Council, Fifthth Ward. The appointment will be agendized on the Dec. 17 council meeting for approval by council.
Three Eureka citizens of the Fifth Ward submitted their names to Mayor Jäger for the vacancy created by Councilmember Lance Madsen of the Fifth Ward. A five member sub-committee consisting of Mike Jones, Polly Endert, Neal Latt, Lorene Dunnaway and John Fullerton interviewed each of the applicants and made their recommendation to Mayor Jäger. The three qualified applicants were Chet Albin, Leslie Lolich and Barry Smith who all live within the Fifth Ward. Mr. Albin was ranked as the number one candidate by four of the five sub-committee members.
Chet Albin has been a Eureka resident since 1985 and is a lifelong resident of Humboldt County. He has served on many local organizations including Fortuna Rotary, CASA, Humboldt Independent Insurance Agents Association, Six Rivers Basketball Referees Association, Eureka Hosing Advisory Board, Eureka Parking Place Commission and is currently a member of the Eureka Planning Commission.
Mayor Jäger would like to thank all of the applicants who came forward to apply for the vacancy and volunteer to serve the City of Eureka. Special thanks to the committee for giving up an evening of their time to assist in the process. Mayor Jäger stated, “It was a very tough decision as each of the applicants was very qualified and would do a great job for Eureka. At the end of the day, I relied on the recommendation of the five member committee and their insight into the candidates along with input from Councilmember Lance Madsen.”
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Looks like Eureka's next councilmember will be the ward-hopping, party-switching, Tea Party-liking, Fox News-watching "Democrat" Chet Albin, who is set to replace ailing 5th Ward representative Lance Madsen.
