From Staff Reports

HENDERSONVILLE — Hendersonville City Council on Nov. 2 appointed former council member Jeff Miller to fill a seat on council left vacant when member Jerry Smith resigned in October.

“Let’s go to work,” Miller said shortly after being sworn into the office during the council’s regular monthly meeting.

Mayor Barbara Volk, Mayor Pro Tem Lyndsey Simpson and council member Jennifer Hensley voted in favor of Miller, after Hensley nominated him for the job.

Earlier, Councilwoman Debbie O’Neal Roundtree nominated former councilwoman Mary Jo Padgett to fill the vacancy. The council did not vote on her nomination after Miller earned three of the four council member votes.