By Joanne Bailey-Boorsma
joanne@wktv.org
The new face on the Wyoming City Council will be John Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald had about 3,000 votes more than candidate Rob Arnoys. The unofficial final count is 13,657 for Fitzgerald and 10,679 for Arnoys with Wyoming reporting that 100 percent of the city’s votes have been counted.
“The voice of Wyoming was heard and people believed in the work and mission that they heard in my campaign,” Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald said he appreciated Arnoys for a well run campaign and for his work on the City of Wyoming’s Planning Commission.
Arnoys responded that he wanted to “congratulate John for his successful campaign.
“This has been a great opportunity and I have learned so much,” Arnoys said. “We have a great city and I feel John will do a great job representing us and I look forward to supporting the city as we move forward.”
Fitzgerald, who is a commercial insurance broker, replaces Dan Burrill on the council. Burrill did not seek re-election to the council, but instead sought and won the Kent Country 8th District Commission seat.
“The next step will be getting to work,” Fitzgerald said. “The city has a number of challenges and a number of issues that we will need to make decisions and I look forward to serving our community and keeping my mission of representing the citizens of Wyoming equably.”
Also running unopposed for Wyoming City Council was Marissa Postler for the city’s 2nd Ward and Rob Postema for the 3rd Ward.
