By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
Two seats were recently filled on the Hoisington City Council. In early April, the city announced two seats would be vacated with councilmembers Karen VanBrimmer and Carol Nather moving out of the wards to which they were elected. The city took applications to fill the vacancies through April 19, and announced appointments at the April 24 meeting.
Nather moved out of ward two. As a new resident in ward one, she was appointed back to the council and will now serve that ward. Keith Kennon is pleased to have the opportunity to represent ward two.
"I believe in local government, and to make a real difference for local people," he said. "Being that I live locally, I want to spend my hours doing something that makes our local community a better place to be."
Kennon moved to Hoisington in 2010, and is currently the clerk - and only employee - for the United States Postal Service in Claflin. He also runs his JK Catering & BBQ business on the side. Turning 43 years old in May, Kennon hopes to get a younger Hoisington crowd involved in the city.
"I want to get in there and learn more about the insides of what a community goes through, budgets and stuff like that," he said. "I don't have anything, necessarily, that I think needs to be addressed or anything like that, I think, just mainly because I don't know it yet."
The Hoisington City Council is comprised of eight members serving four wards. Both appointed terms expire in January 2025.