After 30 Years of Service, Williams Resigns From City Council Due To Health Reasons
December 13, 2019
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Ketchikan City Clerk’s office announced receiving a letter of resignation on December 9, 2019 from Councilmember Lew Williams III. Williams was first elected to the Ketchikan City Council in October 1987 for a three-year seat and was subsequently re-elected every three years from 1990 through 2008. He was elected as Mayor for the City of Ketchikan in 2009 and re-elected every three years through 2017. In May 2019, Williams was appointed to a vacant council seat and was recently re-elected to this three-year seat in 2019 from which he is now resigning. In his resignation letter Williams said he is resigning due to health reasons. He stated his appreciation for the work this Council has accomplished and expressed his gratitude to those who gave him the opportunity to serve for these past 30 plus years. Williams is well-known in the Ketchikan community and is the publisher of the Ketchikan Daily News and Pioneer Printing Company since 1990. The process by which the City Council will fill the remainder of Williams' unexpired term is available in the Charter of the City of Ketchikan Section 2-10 and the Ketchikan Municipal Code Section 2.04.029 outline. Both can be found on the City’s website here: http://www.codepublishing.com/AK/Ketchikan.
Edited By Mary Kauffman, SitNews
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