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Destin City Council-member Matthew Sweetser resigns due to health conditions

Destin City Council member Matthew Sweetser has resigned from his position, the city announced Tuesday. In a resignation letter, Sweetser wrote that he is stepping down “due to my health condition worsening.” Sweetser was elected in November 2022 and was slated to finish his term on council in 2026. A fifth-generation descendant of one of […]

Matthew Sweetser (City of Destin)

Destin City Council member Matthew Sweetser has resigned from his position, the city announced Tuesday.

In a resignation letter, Sweetser wrote that he is stepping down “due to my health condition worsening.”

  • “It is with a heavy heart and many family discussions that I have decided due to my health condition worsening, I am resigning from my position on city council,” he wrote. “I have enjoyed my time with all of you and our hard working staff.”

Sweetser was elected in November 2022 and was slated to finish his term on council in 2026.

A fifth-generation descendant of one of Destin’s founding families, the Maltezos, Sweetser was born in Destin and graduated from Fort Walton Beach High School.

  • He has been involved with several community organizations, including the town center Community Redevelopment Agency, the Destin History and Fishing Museum board and the city’s “Leave No Trace” sustainability initiative.

Councilman Sweetser’s letter of resignation is effective immediately. According to the city, Council will vote Monday, January 22, on how to handle an interim.

The council may choose to select nominations from those referenced on the dais, or they may ask for applicants to be sent in for an interim council-member until the November elections.

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