GREENWOOD TWP- In a meeting that took less than five minutes, the Greenwood Town Board, Friday, unanimously and without discussion appointed Deb Spicer to serve as the interim clerk, following the resignation of Sue Drobac last weekend.

Drobac resigned after the town board cut her pay and hours, leaving her in a position that she said made it impossible to fulfill her duties as township clerk.

After accepting the resignation and formally declaring the position vacant, Chairman Mike Ralston asked “does anyone want to present a candidate to serve as interim clerk until the next election?”

Supervisor Carmen DeLuca nominated Deb Spicer, and without any other nominations put forward by the board, voted to put her in the role.

Spicer had expressed interest in the position last winter, running against then incumbent clerk Drobac in the election last March, but lost the vote 186-102.

Spicer, who owned and operated the popular breakfast and lunch spot, the Wayside Café, on Old Highway 77 from 2004 - 2015, said she was running for the clerk spot because she thought it would be a good opportunity. Spicer had said she is not ready to retire, but also is not ready to be working 24/7, which was often the case when the ran the Wayside.  Spicer’s background also includes property management, including oversight of a large management company’s maintenance department, as well as working at US Bank as an architectural analyst.

When interviewed last winter, Spicer said “I would look forward to serving the township."

Spicer will serve until a new clerk is elected at the annual meeting in March to serve out the remainder of the two-year term (which end in March 2022).