Breezy Point City Council member Mark Miller resigns

By Nancy Vogt

June 23, 2021 at 3:37 PM

Halfway into his first year in office, Mark Miller resigned his Breezy Point City Council seat Wednesday, June 23.

City Administrator Patrick Wussow confirmed Miller submitted his resignation letter at 2 p.m. June 23. The letter, dated June 23 and addressed to the city of Breezy Point and to the attention of Wussow, reads: "I, Mark Miller, Effective Immediately Resign my position as City Council Member for the City of Breezy Point."

He provides no reason for the resignation in the letter. A man answering a phone call to Miller's number asked who was calling and hung up immediately after hearing it was a reporter for the Echo Journal.

Miller was elected to a four-year city council seat in the November 2020 election.

Wussow said the council will take up the resignation and how to fill the seat at its next regular meeting, which is Tuesday, July 6.

Nancy Vogt may be reached at 218-855-5877 or nancy.vogt@pineandlakes.com. Follow her on Facebook and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/@PEJ_Nancy.

By Nancy Vogt

Nancy Vogt is editor of the Pineandlakes Echo Journal, a weekly newspaper that covers eight communities in the Pequot Lakes-Pine River areas - from Nisswa to Hackensack and Pequot Lakes to Crosslake.

She started as editor of the Lake Country Echo in July 2006, and continued in that role when the Lake Country Echo and the Pine River Journal combined in September 2013 to become the Pineandlakes Echo Journal. She worked for the Brainerd Dispatch from 1992-2006 in various roles.

She covers Nisswa, Pequot Lakes, Lake Shore and Crosslake city councils, as well as writes feature stories, news stories and personal columns (Vogt's Notes). She also takes photos at community events.

Contact her at nancy.vogt@pineandlakes.com or 218-855-5877 with story ideas or questions. Be sure to leave a voicemail message!

Breezy Point City Council member Mark Miller resigns

Miller was elected to a four-year term in 2020