A vacancy exists on Lehighton Borough Council following the departure of a council member.

On a 5-0 vote, borough council accepted the letter of resignation of Councilman John Kreitz at Tuesday’s special meeting.

In his letter to council dated Aug. 25, Kreitz cited “work conflicts” as the reason for his resignation.

Immediately afterward, council agreed to advertise the vacancy.

Letters of interest for the 2025 vacancy must be dropped off at borough hall, or emailed to the borough manager at manager@lehightonborough.org by 4 p.m. Friday.

Borough council plans to fill the vacancy at its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Whomever council appoints Monday will fill the seat for the remainder of this year.

To fill the 2026-27 vacancy, local Democratic and Republican chairpersons will each nominate an individual to be placed on the November ballot for a two-year term.

Residents interested in the 2026-27 vacancy must contact their party’s chairperson no later than 2 p.m. Monday to be considered for the November ballot.

Registered Democrats must reach out to Chairperson Shannon Sotack, at 570-413-9667.

Registered Republicans must reach out to Chairperson Lee Becker at 484-225-8201.

Applicants for each term must be registered voters residing in the borough limits for 12 months on the date of appointment/election.

Kreitz won a seat in the 2023 election.

Before that, he had served on council from 2012 to 2015.

Councilwoman Autumn Abelovsky was absent from Tuesday’s special meeting.