Windham appoints new at-large town councilor

By Ed Pierce

Two candidates were interviewed to fill the at-large position on the Windham Town Council and during a meeting on May 25, councilors voted to appoint Ed Ohmott for the seat. 

Ohmott, 64, lives on Bowdens Way in Windham and previously served on Windham’s Smith Cemetery Committee and Long-Range Planning Committee. He will replace David Douglass, who resigned in April because he was moving and no longer had enough time to devote to the council position.

The other candidate whose name was put in nomination for the position was Kevin Kimball, but Ohmott received five votes from the council and received the appointment.

The term for Ohmott on the town council will expire in November at which time Windham voters will elect a permanent councilor for a three-year term for the at-large position.

Town councilors attend all regular and special council meetings; vote on appointments for town officials and committee members; approve, amend or reject town ordinances and regulations; review and approve or amend the annual town budget proposal; vote on legislative issues coming before the town regarding financial matters, zoning or planning, borrowing, debt or other proposals in the interest of Windham residents.

After appointing Ohmott to the at-large position, councilors also appointed him for a seat on the town’s Marijuana License Fee Committee.

Ohmott is the former president of Champion Cordage, an industrial supplies and equipment firm in California. <