Dacono City Councilman Danny Long to resign

Matthew Bennett, Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo.
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Apr. 8—Dacono City Councilman Danny Long will resign April 30 due to "health reasons," according to an email obtained by the Times-Call through an open records request.

Currently serving his second term in office, Long was elected to the City Council in 2019 and was reelected in 2022.

Long has been absent from several council meetings since the beginning of the year including on April 1, March 25, March 11, Feb. 26 and Jan. 22.

The City Council must appoint someone to complete the remainder of Long's term, which does not expire until November 2025.

Residents interested in filling the council vacancy need to submit a letter of interest to Dacono City Hall, 512 Cherry Ave., by 1 p.m. on April 23.

Letters of interest, which should include the applicant's name, address, email and phone number, may also be emailed to City Clerk Valerie Taylor at VTaylor@cityofdacono.com

In order to be considered for the council vacancy an applicant must be 18 or older and needs to have lived in Dacono for at least 12 consecutive months prior to their appointment. They must be a registered voter and cannot have been convicted of embezzlement, bribery, perjury, solicitation of bribery or subornation of perjury.

Dacono City Council members make $50 a month.

The City Council is expected to appoint someone to fill the vacancy during its regular meeting on May 13.

Long was one of four council members who voted to fire former Dacono City Manager AJ Euckert in February 2023 without providing an explanation.

Former Councilmembers Jackie Thomas and Jim Turini, who also voted to terminate Euckert, were later removed from the council through a recall.

Former Mayor Pro Tem Kathryn Wittman, who made the motion to fire Euckert, which passed in a 4-2 vote, did not seek reelection.

The City Council is still in the process of trying to select a new city manager.

Dacono Mayor Adam Morehead said Monday the search for a city manager is "progressing."

"Dacono is committed to finding the right city manager for our community," Morehead said. "We're working with our recruiting firm to help us continue to find desirable candidates that we can bring in."

Long did not return a request for comment.