Alabama: town files suit seeking to vacate a council seat
The Prattville Progress reports: Autaugaville officials have filed a suit in Autauga County Circuit Court seeking the removal of a town council member who has yet to resign her elected position although she has lived in another state for nearly two years.
According to a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment filed in November, Latanya Cyrus has missed 11 of 21 regularly scheduled town council meetings held between the time she was elected in 2004, and June 2007. She has attended no meetings since December 2005, according to the suit.
The court filing also contends that in June town officials sent a certified letter to Cyrus, who now lives in Dallas, Texas, asking that she voluntarily resign her seat. She failed to respond to the request. The suit asks that Circuit Court Judge John B. Bush declare the council member's seat vacant in order that a replacement can be named.
Mayor F.B. Ward said Thursday that the town took the legal action in order that Cyrus's replacement could assume the seat far in advance of next year's election and become familiar with the administration of town government. -- montgomeryadvertiser.com :: Suit filed to remove absentee member from town council
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