The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners will hold a work session Monday night, where they will discuss filling the vacant seat that will be left by Commissioner Jenn Weaver as she is elected mayor.

Weaver is running unopposed in this fall’s election after current mayor Tom Stevens announced he would be stepping down at the end of his term. Weaver’s seat on the board, though, is not set to expire until 2021. As she moves from one position on the Board of Commissioners to mayor, her seat will remain unavailable during the 2019 city elections, where four candidates are running for three seats on the board.

Weaver spoke recently with WCHL’s Aaron Keck about the vacancy. She described the board as eager to have a discussion and to let the public know the proposed methods of filling the seat.

“This will be the first time we’ve discussed it in any sort of formal way,” Weaver said, “so I think all of the options will be vetted.”

The board will be advised by the town attorney Bob Hornik on the processes available to fill Weaver’s seat. The most common are appointment of a candidate by the board or a separate election.

“My personal preference would be to have an election,” Weaver said, “but it turns out that you have to have a legislative act to do that. I hope it’s something we’ll have in the future. I personally don’t feel great about having multiple appointments so close to each other.”

Hillsborough commissioners appointed Matt Hughes to the board in March 2018 to fill the vacancy left when Brian Lowen resigned from the board. Hughes is one of the candidates running for the board this fall.

Also on the board’s agenda for Monday’s work session is a yearly update of the town’s stormwater program and a public/private mobile community stage project.

The Hillsborough Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in the Town Hall Annex Board Meeting Room.