BAYFIELD – Four trustees were appointed to Bayfield’s town board Tuesday evening.
Bayfield Municipal Court Judge Shawn Davlin swore in Lavenia Taylor, Todd Lyon, Andrew Trujillo and Jeremiah Aukerman in front of a full town hall.
Taylor, Aukerman and Trujillo took the seats of former trustees Brenna Morlan, Lori Zazzaro and mayor pro tem Alexis Hartz. Lyon, who was serving out the remaining two years of former trustee Kat Katsos’ term, will now serve a four-year term and as Bayfield’s mayor pro tem.
“I’d like to welcome our new board members, who are essentially volunteering,” Mayor Tom Au said. “Welcome aboard. Good luck.”
Mayor Au also thanked the outgoing trustees.
The new trustees are now part of the board’s governing authority. They are responsible for approving or denying financial statements, meeting minutes and land-use decisions forwarded by Bayfield’s Planning Commission, said Town Clerk Dustin Hayden in an email to The Durango Herald.
The trustees were appointed without a general election, due to the fact that none of the candidates who ran had any challengers for the four open seats.
Trustee Lavenia Taylor, a lifelong resident of Bayfield, said she was honored to be giving back to her community.
“My family has been here for generations, my husband and I raised our family here,” Taylor said. “It just felt like the right time for me to step up and do something for my hometown.”
As someone who has watched her hometown change over the years, Taylor said her goal on the board is to help facilitate healthy growth moving on into the future.
“I don’t think that growth and change means that we have to abandon whatever the traditions and the values and the heritage of what makes Bayfield such a good place to be,” Taylor said. “I want to try to make sure that growth and tradition stay in balance.”
Efforts to reach other trustees were unsuccessful Wednesday afternoon.
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