By Steve Plunkett
After serving nine months on the Briny Breezes Town Council and with four months to go, Alderman Keith Black says that will be enough.
Black will not run for a full term, he announced at the council’s Oct. 24 meeting as Town Clerk Sandi DuBose listed the timetable for March’s municipal election.
Black tried to run for mayor in last March’s balloting but complained in December 2023 that the county supervisor of elections rejected five of the 23 signatures he had collected to support his candidacy. Mayoral candidates in Briny Breezes must submit 20 valid signatures from registered voters in town.
After council veteran Sue Thaler resigned in late December, Black was the only person to send in a letter of interest to fill the remaining year-plus of her position. He previously sat on the Planning and Zoning Board.
His Seat 1 will be on the March 11 ballot along with Council President Liz Loper’s Seat 3 and Alderman Bill Birch’s Seat 5. The qualifying period is noon Nov. 12 to noon Nov. 26.
Also at the Oct. 24 meeting, Town Manager Bill Thrasher said he will convene a stakeholder meeting to provide information and answer questions on the town’s sea wall and drainage plans.
The meeting, which is tentatively set for 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Community Center, must be held for the town to actually receive $5,000 of its already awarded $330,000 planning grant from the state.
Thrasher said he is also required to take attendance at the meeting.
The Town Council will skip its Nov. 28 and Dec. 26 meetings to avoid conflicts with the holidays and meet instead at 4 p.m. Dec. 12.
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