PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After the Tigard mayor’s sudden exit, the city is seeking a long-term replacement.

At a meeting on Tuesday, the Tigard City Council decided to choose an existing council member as their next leader. Councilor Jeanette Shaw and Councilor Yi-Kang Hu both expressed interest in the role.

The push to fill the vacancy comes about two weeks after Heidi Lueb resigned, effective immediately. In a statement posted to her website, the former mayor cited a decline in her physical and mental health — along with internal troubles at city hall.

“From the outside, the Tigard City Council has looked like a functioning body, but behind the scenes has been unravelling into cliques, power struggles, petty fighting, and goals of destruction,” Lueb wrote. “I am not a perfect person an

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