Gonzalez, Kinnane aren't first to resign Little Compton seats this fall

Change in Little Compton Budget Committee also brought on by resigning member

By Christian Silvia
Posted 12/16/24

A familiar face will soon be back on the Little Compton Budget Committee, six months after he finished just out of the running in the two-seat race.

Corey Soderlund, a Republican, was appointed …

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Gonzalez, Kinnane aren't first to resign Little Compton seats this fall

Change in Little Compton Budget Committee also brought on by resigning member

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A familiar face will soon be back on the Little Compton Budget Committee, six months after he finished just out of the running in the two-seat race.

Corey Soderlund, a Republican, was appointed to the committee last month following the resignation of former member D. Craig Curtis Jr., who was elected in May and served six months before stepping down.

Under the town charter, committee members who resign are replaced by the highest vote getter who did not win a seat in the previous election. At Town Meeting in May, Soderlund finished with 115 votes, behind Curtis (154 votes) and Alison Monds Ward (189 votes).

In his resignation letter, Curtis wrote that he believes the committee needs a member who is “more engaged, more diligent, and a more intelligent representative on our budget committee.”

“I pass my seat away to Mr. Soderlund,” Curtis wrote. “He was and will be an excellent budget committee member.”

Curtis's letter of resignation was approved by the town council on Thursday, Nov. 21, and at that meeting councilors also approved the appointment of Soderlund to his seat. The committee's next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 14, and the board's current makeup consists chairman George M. Crowell, Soderlund, Monds Ward, Peter Bermudez and Andrew Larkin Rhyne.

This is the third time in just over three months that a board vacancy has resulted in an appointment by the town council:

• In September, former Little Compton School Committee member Megan Gonzalez resigned and Mark Gleicher, who finished just out of the running two years ago, was appointed to her seat.

• Two weeks ago, school committee member Sue Kinnane's resignation opened the door for Mike Rocha, a former committee member who lost in his bid for re-appointment in early November.

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