Cheryl Wink resigns from council amid recall

evening of July 17.

Wink’s decision to resign kept her from facing a recall election, which council was preparing to schedule for Oct. 3.

dwellings in single-family zoning, and also for her record of a high number of absences and remote attendance at council meetings.

BY SCOTT GILBERT SGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Cheryl Wink has submitted her resignation from the Englewood City Council. Her resignation letter was released by the city on the

Wink, who was elected to an atlarge seat in a three-way race in 2017 and was reelected without opposition in 2021, would have served until 2025 if she had not resigned nor been recalled.

Wink was facing recall for her support of a now-shelved density plan that could have allowed multifamily e recall drive against Wink gained steam after a June 2 interview with the Englewood Herald in which she referred to dissatis ed constituents as “these little citizens” who were “angry about everything.”

Since the beginning of 2022, Wink had racked up more instances of not being present at city hall than all her colleagues combined.

“I have made the di cult decision to resign my role of Council Member given I have been o ered a new opportunity that is the exciting and logical next step in my software engineering career—an opportunity which no longer allows me to ful ll my duties as Council Member,” Wink wrote in her resignation letter. “I thank the thousands of wonderfully engaged constituents for the opportunity to serve, and also appreciate