Butler mayoral candidate Bob Dandoy talks to city councilman Mike Walter outside of the polling station at VFW Post 249 Tuesday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle 11/2/21

The normally less-than-formal forum meeting of Butler City Council Thursday began with a moment of silence, in recognition of the death of Councilman Mike Walter, who died March 27.

Walter had been elected to city council in 2015 and was in the early part of the third year of his second four-year term when he died.

Walter’s death means council will have to appoint someone to council, having already done so this election cycle when it appointed Dan Herr to fill Bob Dandoy’s council seat when he became mayor in January.

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