(KMZA)--A vacancy has been filled on the Seneca City Council.

The Council voted 4-0 Thursday evening to appoint LuKas Koch to fill the Ward 1 Council position left vacant by the resignation of Kylee Bergstrom, who is moving out of the ward.. Council member Mike Stallbaumer was absent.

Koch was the lone candidate to express an interest in filling the position.

Bergstrom resigned, effective December 1st. She had served on the Council since January 2018.

Koch will be sworn-in and take his seat on the Council at their first meeting in January.

He will serve a 4-year term.

The meeting was moved from Wednesday evening to Thursday evening due to a power outage at City Hall caused by Wednesday's high winds.