Jim Hoffman, pictured right, surprised the West Liberty Village Council at their meeting on Monday, April 29, by submitting his resignation. The council has 30 days to choose a replacement.

The West Liberty Village Council started their Monday, April 29, meeting by accepting the immediate resignation of Jim Hoffman, who has served as a councilmember since 2021. Hoffman had returned to full-time teaching on the nursing faculty at Rhodes State College, Lima, in the fall of 2022, and no longer felt able to juggle that with his council duties.

Boy, its a big loss for us, council president Jayne Griffith admitted.

Later, West Liberty Mayor Brad Hudson said, We hate to see him go. Hes been a great addition to the council, but hes busy being a professor and we understand that.

The council has 30 days to recommend someone to fill Hoffmans seat. Since they interviewed six applicants when faced with a similar situation in January, they already have a pool of candidates to reach out to.

Though Hoffman stated hed been thinking about this for a whileand waiting for the right timeit was last minute for the council. They will discuss it further at the next meeting on Monday, May 13.

Newly elected councilmember Shannon Maier was sworn in on Jan. 8, and they chose Mike Woodruff from the six aforementioned applicants for a second empty spot on Jan. 22.

In other action Monday night:

The next West Liberty Village Council meeting is at 7 p.m. Monday, May 13.

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