Falcon Heights City Council Member Kay Andrews has stepped down from the four-year position little more than a year early, leaving an opening for the mayor and city council to replace her.
Andrews, who was elected in 2019, submitted her letter of resignation on Sept. 26 indicating she was relocating to senior housing outside the city. Her last day was Wednesday, when the city council approved a proclamation recognizing her decades of service to Falcon Heights.
Andrews — the longtime former president and chief executive officer of Northeast Youth and Family Services — worked closely with 15 municipalities, three school districts and five police departments to provide community-based mental health counseling and other family support services throughout the county’s northeastern suburbs.
In 2009, the nonprofit’s 10,000-square-foot Kay Andrews Discovery Center opened on Lexington Avenue in Shoreview. Andrews retired that same year, after 33 years with the organization.
The city does not need to hold a special election to fill the vacancy because there are less than two years on the her term, which ends Dec. 31, 2023. Mayor Randall Gustafson and the three remaining members of the city council will solicit applicants, seek feedback through a citizen commission and then interview finalists.
Applications are available at falconheights.org or in person at City Hall, 2077 Larpenteur Ave. The deadline to apply is noon on Oct. 26. The council is salaried at $300 per month, or $3,600 per year.
