The Burien City Council has announced Gerald F. Robison as their favored candidate to fill Councilmember Kathy Keene’s seat when she resigns at the beginning of the year.
Robison, a Real Estate Attorney in Burien, is one of three final candidates being considered by the council.
The council will vote on January 3 on Keene’s replacement.
Council members chose their favorite candidates, and will now interview the five finalists before choosing one to fill Keene's position once she leaves at the beginning of the year.
Keene surprised her fellow council members when she announced she was resigning her position on the council at the end of the year. Keene is going to retire to Florida.
Vying for Councilwoman Keene's seat are Gregory Duff, Burien Planning Commission member; Andrea Reay, Seattle Opera production administrator and Gerald F. Robison, Burien attorney.
The new council member will serve for a year, until Keene's term expires in December 2011.