Dine
Just days into the new year, a Greenwood City Council member has resigned, and the Johnson County Republican Party will hold a caucus next month to replace him.
Former city council member Bob Dine resigned Tuesday after serving on the council for more than three years. He resigned because he accepted a position with the Greenwood City Court, council member Mike Campbell said at the beginning of Wednesday’s council meeting.
Dine’s new position with city is to supervise security personnel at the court. He had to resign from the city council because it would be a conflict of interest for him to work for the city and remain on the council, he said.
Dine also resigned from his position on the Greenwood Advisory Plan Commission.
A former Greenwood police chief, Dine joined the city council in September 2018, after he retired from the department and was selected via caucus to fill the seat of Chuck Landon, a former council member who died in August 2018. The following year, Dine ran for a full term as one of the city’s three at-large council members, and was elected in 2019.
Dine enjoyed being on the council and being able to help people. If it wasn’t for the security position opening up, he would have ran for reelection next year, he said.
“I appreciate the people that supported me, and (appreciated) working with other council members,” Dine said. “I tried to do the best for the citizens of the city of Greenwood.”
The county GOP is planning a caucus to replace Dine, which will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 in the council chambers at the Greenwood City Center, 300 S. Madison Avenue. Precinct committeemen will select Dine’s replacement from the candidates who have filed.
Dine served as a Republican, so any Republican in the city of Greenwood is eligible to run to replace him. Those interested should send a letter of interest and an executed and notarized copy of a CEB-5 form to Beth Boyce, chairperson of the county GOP, at 845 Richart Lane, Greenwood, IN, 46142 by 7 p.m. Jan. 31.
Candidates should be able to serve until Dec. 31, 2023, the end of Dine’s elected term.
