Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Alan Timms has announced his resignation and move from the city. (Marcello Hutchinson-Trujillo — Santa Cruz Local file)

SCOTTS VALLEY >> Scotts Valley Vice Mayor Alan Timms announced his resignation from City Council during Thursday evening’s meeting.

“It’s a very considered decision that has taken some significant time to come to,” he said at the city council meeting. “It is for personal reasons, and I will be leaving the city, so I can no longer serve on the council.”

Timms’ resignation is effective today. The city now must decide by Nov. 4 whether to fill the seat by appointment or a special election. The replacement would stay in office for the remainder of Timms’ term, which ends December 2026.

Timms said Scotts Valley’s staff and leadership has “transformed over the three year period” since he took office, Timms said at Thursday’s meeting. “It’s become this highly organized, highly effective, high performing organization that really has taken a huge leap forward in how the city operates.”

The city council is set to discuss the process for choosing Timms’ replacement at the next city council meeting Sept. 17.

“It’s very disappointing that you’re leaving, and we do understand life comes up,” said Scotts Valley Mayor Derek Timm. “You’re going to leave a void that we’re going to have to work hard to fill.”

Timms is the second Vice Mayor in Santa Cruz County to resign this year, following Alexander Pedersen’s departure from the Capitola City Council in May. The Capitola City Council appointed former councilmember Margeaux Morgan, who had lost a reelection bid in November 2024, as Pedersen’s replacement. 

Three candidates — Corky, Dustin Lopez, John Lewis and Mercedes Molloy— ran unsuccessful campaigns for Scotts Valley City Council in the Nov. 4, 2024 election. They or other Scotts Valley residents could seek to fill the vacant position.

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