Alderman Nathan Rohr resigned from his position on the Wright City Board of Aldermen at the end of the board’s public meeting on Dec. 22.
Rohr stated that he is moving to a home in …
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Alderman Nathan Rohr resigned from his position on the Wright City Board of Aldermen at the end of the board’s public meeting on Dec. 22.
Rohr stated that he is moving to a home in Montgomery County, and is therefore no longer eligible to serve on the board.
“I would like to thank all the citizens of Wright City who have supported me over the last six years,” Rohr said in his announcement. He commented that being an alderman had greatly changed his perspective on the responsibilities of managing a city government. Rohr worked as a Wright City public works employee before his first election in 2017.
“Now being on this side for almost six years, it made me grow up a lot more,” Rohr said. “I want to thank everybody. It’s truly been an honor and a pleasure to hold this position.”
Rohr said his final request as an alderman is to be included in any future celebration of a new city park being built on Westwoods Road.
Mayor Michelle Heiliger later explained that Rohr had built a house in Jonesburg in order to move his family closer to relatives. She said he delayed his departure in order to take part in budgeting for Wright City’s next year of operations.
Heiliger said the knowledge, perspective and advice that Rohr brought to the board, both as a construction tradesman and as a longtime city resident, will be dearly missed and difficult to replace.
“It was really emotional for all of us. He has been such a positive influence,” Heiliger later told The Record.
Now, it falls on Heiliger and the three remaining Wright City aldermen to decide whether to appoint a replacement for Rohr ahead of next April’s municipal elections. Rohr’s seat on the board is up for election, and only one candidate, Kim Arbuthnot, has signed up to run for office.
Heiliger said her decision on whether to appoint a temporary replacement for the remaining months of Rohr’s term will depend heavily on whether another candidate steps up to run by the filing deadline of Dec. 27. If only one person is signed up for the ballot, Heiliger said she would consider asking the board to appoint that person early. But if there ends up being a competitive election, Heiliger said she will withhold any nomination and wait for the results of the election.
As of the deadline Tuesday evening, no one else had registered to run for the office.
