At the end of 2025, Marie Durrer had completed two four-year terms on the Greene County Board of Supervisors representing the Midway District. She will now spend at least another eight months representing the whole county as the at-large member.
On February 24, the four remaining Supervisors voted to appoint Durrer to a vacant position created when Francis McGuigan quit the job earlier this year. McGuigan is pursuing legal action in Greene County Circuit Court to get job back after failing to rescind his resignation.
Supervisors chose to advertise for a replacement who will serve until a special election can be held in November. Ten people applied.
“It was our goal as a board to conduct a consistent, fair and transparent process for all the applicants,” said Chair Steve Catalano reading from a statement written by his three remaining colleagues. “We were very impressed with each person that participated.”
Catalano said the decision to appoint Durrer was difficult but her experience with previous budgets gave her an advantage. Supervisors will next meet on March 3 for a budget work session.
In recent years, Catalano himself returned to the Board after a previous term ended. Supervisors appointed him to fill a vacancy in the Stanardsville District when Abbey Heflin resigned in September 2023. Catalano served two years as at-large Supervisor after being elected in 2003.
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