Jacob Pugh was approached about running for a spot on the Vestavia Hills City Council five years ago, but while he has a heart for public service, the timing just wasn’t right for him, he said.

He was in a new job, so he decided against it. This year, “everything just kind of came together, and it felt like it was the right time,” the 48-year-old Pugh said.

Pugh is one of three candidates seeking to fill the City Council Place 3 seat being given up by Paul Head. The other candidates are Brian DeMarco and Michael Vercher.

Pugh has lived in Vestavia Hills for 13 years and been involved in numerous aspects of community life. He joined the Vestavia Hills Sunrise Rotary Club and fell in love with service and volunteering, he said. He was a member of the Leadership Vestavia Hills Class of 201

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