The Innsbrook Board of Trustees swore in their newly appointed member, Cynthia Bowers at their July 9 meeting.
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The Innsbrook Board of Trustees swore in their newly appointed member, Cynthia Bowers, at their July 9 meeting. Bowers was one of two applicants for the trustee seat vacated by Mike Lyles when he resigned just two weeks after his election.
Bowers was officially appointed by the current board members at a special meeting on June 25.
She previously served as a village trustee from 2019-21 before stepping down to allow current board chairman Dan Reuter to take her place.
“Dan Reuter is a neighbor of mine, and he’s an attorney, and I thought he could add a lot of value to the board, … So I asked, will he approach me about the trustee position and what it entails,” Bowers said.
Bowers said she was, in part, inspired to apply because of her commitment to the Innsbrook community and due to the vitriol and conscientious nature of recent board meetings.
“I’ve been a part of this community for like, 40 years, I came to Innsbrook in 1983. We’ve owned chalets, or A frames, … I love this community and I don’t want to see it be torn apart, and I think there’s a lot of divisiveness going on and I think that we need to figure out how to heal,” Bowers said.
Bowers was chosen by the board over applicant Virgal Woolfolk, an outspoken member of the community who currently serves on Innsbrook’s Planning and Zoning Commission and who ran unsuccessfully for one of the trustee seats during the April 2 election.
Bowers and Woolfolk were the only applicants during the selection process which took roughly a month following Lyles’ resignation. Per the Innsbrook Village Ordinances, the sitting trustees have the authority to review candidates and appoint a successor in the event a board seat becomes vacant.
The board solicited applications from interested village residents and interviewed the two candidates before making their decision known at their June 25 special meeting.
Bowers said she hoped she could help find solutions to some of the issues that have been hotly contested at recent board meetings and her first priority was to listen to residents about what they want to see in their village.
“The first thing is, I’m going to listen. I’m gonna listen to what’s going on. There’s a lot of information that I need to gather and try to figure out how we can build unity in our community,” Bowers said.
