Scott Safford filling Bill Veach’s seat on Fort Myers Beach Town Council

Reporter: Tiffany Rizzo Writer: Nicholas Karsen
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Fort Myers Beach Town Council. Credit: WINK News

Scott Safford has been chosen to fill the empty seat on the Fort Myers Beach Town Council left behind by Bill Veach.

The council announced the decision on Thursday after holding a special meeting designed to figure out who was going to fill the vacant seat.

Former council member Bill Veach had resigned in late December following a newly enacted state law that required local and elected officials to release financial information to the public.

The newly elected councilmember will be required to file a Form 6 every year, which will disclose their net worth and any assets valued at over $1,000.

When asked to give a statement regarding his departure, Veach said how sad he felt about resigning but that the decision was necessary.

Fort Myers Beach Mayor Dan Allers was asked about his opinion of the former council member’s resignation, and he mentioned that the decision was of no surprise to him.

“It was uncertain whether he was going to run for re-election in November. He made it clear in his resignation letter that he had no intentions of running,” said Allers. “He definitely did not like the Form 6, which many of us have seen around Southwest Florida have decided the same thing, so I wasn’t surprised to see someone on our council do that.”

The Fort Myers Beach Town Council had been taking in applications for the vacant position since January.

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