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A first-year Jamestown City Councilwoman has resigned due to personal reasons.
On Monday, Marie Carrubba, council president, announced that Vanessa Weinert had resigned from the nine-member council. Weinert was elected to office in November 2017, with her first year of a two-year term that started in January.
Carrubba said the resignation was effective Monday and that she was sadden by the news. She said Weinert had difficulties in recent months attending council meetings. She added the resignation letter was received Monday by Todd Thomas, city clerk and administrative services director.
Carrubba said the process for replacing Weinert on the council is for Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi to find a candidate that is in the same political party as Weinert, who is a Democrat. She said because Weinert was elected to one of the three At-Large position on the council that Teresi will be able to select any Democrat in the city.
When asked about potential candidates to replace Weinert, Carrubba said she had not heard any list of names as potential candidates. When Carrubba was asked if Greg Rabb, former member of the council who served 10 years as president from 2008 to 2017, was a possible candidate, she said it is too soon to speculate.
Once Teresi selects his candidate to replace Weinert, the council would have to approve the appointment. Teresi was not in attendance during Monday’s meeting because he was in Albany.
See Tuesday’s edition of The Post-Journal for complete coverage.