Clearlake >> Vice Mayor Gina Fortino Dickson submitted her letter of resignation from the City Council on Wednesday.
“It is with a heavy heart that I tender the resignation of my post as elected council member. My final date of service will be August 12, 2016,” Fortino Dickson said in the letter to the city clerk.
She is in the middle of her second term as vice mayor. Her seat on the council expires this year and will be up for election on Nov. 8, along with two other seats.
“Serving with Gina has been a pleasure and I am going to miss her knowledge and advice,” Mayor Russ Perdock said in a press release from the city. “I know she has important family matters to attend to and I wish her all the best.”
Fortino Dickson had been a member of the Clearlake Planning Commission for five years prior to her election to the city council in 2012.
“The news was very disappointing to hear because we have had such a wonderful council to work with since I started last year. Gina has been a great advocate for the community for many years and will leave some big shoes to fill,” city manager Greg Folsom said in the release,
