Astatula residents Kim Hanawalt and Susan Richert will be appointed to the Astatula Town Council as they were the only two candidates to submit packets and qualify by Friday’s deadline.

According to Town Clerk Jennifer Tucker, there will be no need to hold an election in November, as the two women will fill the available Seat 1 and Seat 2 on the council.

Hanawalt, 65, is a former loan officer who retired in December 2022 after 37 years in the mortgage industry and Reichert, 73, is retired.

The two new council members will be joining a town government which recently placed a 12-month moratorium on annexations and residential developments, with select ongoing projects like Astatula Reserve exempt from the pause. The moratorium will not apply to developments involving eight new dwellin

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