DAPHNE, Ala. — City Council members on Monday voted 4-0 to accept Councilwoman Regina Landry’s resignation as of Oct. 31.

Council members Cathy Barnette and President Greg Burnam were absent from the meeting.

Landry announced her resignation in early October, citing her upcoming wedding and a move to Fairhope as reasons for her resignation.

The City Council had 60 days from Oct. 31 to find a replacement for Landry, according to City Clerk David Cohen.

If the council fails to appoint someone to represent District 6, the appointment will be made by the governor, Cohen said.

The governor then has 90 days to appoint someone to the position, Cohen said.

The appointment will be for the remainder of Landry’s term, which is up for re-election next fall.

The council will announce the vacancy at the next meeting, Nov. 19. However, a few resumes have already been turned into the city clerk.

Also on Monday, city leaders voted 4-0 to pass a moratorium on development that does not provide the planning department with documentation for the maintenance and ownership of a detention pond within the subdivision of proposed construction.

“Someone is going to have to own the pond,” Mayor Fred Small said.

A subdivision may have a detention pond that is presently working fine, but in the future the city needs to be able to hold someone or some entity liable if problems arise, Small said.

The planning department is working on a solution that would have developers organize a property owners association to maintain the pond or the developer would be responsible for the pond, planning Director Bill Eady said.

In other business, Councilman August Palumbo read a proclamation from Small declaring Nov. 4–10 as “Animal Shelter Appreciation Week” in Daphne.

Daphne’s animal shelter took in 982 animals in 2006. The Baldwin County Animal Shelter took in 10,904 animals in 2006.

At press time, the Daphne Animal Shelter had 16 dogs and 26 cats that “desperately need a home,” said Maria Nicholson, support services administrative technician at the Daphne Police Department, which runs the shelter.

Animals that are not adopted promptly will be put to sleep, she said.

The shelter is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

(Daphne Bulletin Editor Thomas Boni contributed to this report.)