(5/15) The May 13th Town election returned current Commissioner John Cutshall to the Town Council and saw former Burgess Bill Rittelmeyer returned to the Council after a three year absence from town affairs.
Rittelmeyer received 39 write in votes, while Cutshall, whose name was the only official candidate on the ballot, took home 32.
Rittelmeyer will be filling the seat of Dana Crum who chose not to seek re-election so she could spend more time with her family. "With a three year old now running around the house, I just don’t have the time to dedicate to the Council, and it’s not fair to him, or the town." Crum said.
Rittelmeyer served 10+ years as a Commissioner, and from 2015 to 2019 served as the Town’s Burgess. Rittelmeyer said he was "honored to be serving the citizens of Woodsboro again."
Rittelmeyer ran as a write-in candidate because he had initially not planned on running, but opted to do so when no one else stepped up fill Crum’s seat at the April nominating convention.
"I hadn't thought about putting my name in prior to the meeting and hadn't discussed it with my wife. So, I wasn't in a position to accept a nomination at the meeting." Following the nominating convention, he went home and after discussion with his wife, and getting her support, decided to run as a write in candidate.
Cutshall said he never thought about not running. "I love this town. I’ve lived here all my life and one of these days they are going to carry me out of here in a box. I’m retired, so I have all the time in the world to serve the town. I love taking care of the town and serving the people."
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