Orange Beach Council to Declare — and Fill — Place No. 3 Vacancy Tuesday
An Orange Beach City Council seat is open after Councilmember Jerry Johnson resigned for family reasons at the council's June 2 meeting, according to a resolution in the June 16 packet. The council is set to formally declare the Place No. 3 vacancy and appoint a successor by majority vote Tuesday.
The Orange Beach City Council is scheduled to declare a vacancy in City Council Place No. 3 and then fill the seat at its June 16 regular meeting, according to the agenda and meeting packet.
Resolution to fill the Place No. 3 council vacancy — Jun 16 meeting packet.
Resolution declaring a vacancy in City Council Place No. 3 — Jun 16 meeting packet.
The seat opened when Councilmember Jerry Johnson resigned. According to the resolution declaring the vacancy, Johnson "verbally submitted his resignation for family reasons" during the council's Committee of the Whole meeting on June 2. Johnson was elected to Place No. 3 in the Aug. 26, 2025, municipal election and had begun a four-year term the first Monday in November, the resolution states.
The shift is visible inside the same packet. The May 19, 2026, regular meeting minutes — up for approval on June 16 — still carry Johnson on the roll call, listing him among the members absent that night alongside Councilmember Jack Robertson. The Committee of the Whole minutes from the same May 19 date likewise name him. By contrast, the masthead on the June 16 agenda lists only four councilmembers — Jack Robertson, Ginger Harrelson, Jeff Silvers and Robert Stuart II — alongside Mayor Tony Kennon, one short of the council's five seats.
Two resolutions are listed back-to-back under New Business. The first formally declares the office vacant. The second would fill it: under Section 11-44G-1 of the Code of Alabama, the vacancy is filled by a majority vote of the council, with the appointment taking effect immediately upon adoption.
The resolution items as published do not name a successor. In the draft resolution to fill the seat, the lines naming the appointee are left blank, to be completed when the council votes.
The same New Business section also lists an election of Chairman Pro Tempore, a procedural step to reset that leadership role. Other resolutions queued for Tuesday include a $39,007.20 dispatch radio console purchase for the Police Department, $59,108.96 in office furniture for the Fire Department, two federal fire-grant applications, and a task order with Sawgrass Consulting for Orange Beach Recreation Complex improvements not to exceed $100,000. A public hearing and first reading on the Bubba's Seaside Mini Golf PUD zoning amendment are also on the docket.
The meeting begins at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the City Hall Council Chambers.