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Palm Bay City Councilman Jeff Bailey has announced his resignation creating a vacancy on the 5 member board. Under the current ordinance since there is over a year left in his 4 year term, it calls for a special election to take place between 90-180 days after his resignation date.
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The city is proposing a change to the ordinance which will allow them to appoint a qualified person to the remainder of the term, by majority vote in leu of having a special election. The city’s position is that the special election will cost $253,628.04 to the tax payers which is what the last special election cost in 2019.
