 After serving only seven months, Bemidji City Councilman Patrick Plemol has resigned from his Ward 4 seat. Plemol, who won the seat through a special election on May 2nd, defeated former Mayor Richard Layman 122 votes to 86 votes. Plemol is leaving his council seat because he has accepted a position to run a behavioral health facility in North Dakota. According to the agenda for the Bemidji City Council, will officially declare the Ward 4 vacancy next Tuesday. The city charter says that if there is less than 364 days left in a term after a vacancy is declared, the council must appoint a qualified replacement within 30 days. The Ward 4 seat is scheduled to go up for re-election in 2018.