Meeting for the first time in their new chambers at the new City Hall, Cloquet City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to appoint Chris Swanson as interim representative for Ward 3.

Swanson will be sworn in at the next council meeting Aug. 7 and will serve until voters determine who will take over Dakota Koski's seat for the remaining three years of his term, as Koski moved out his ward earlier this month.

Swanson was one of four Ward 3 residents to apply for the position. The other three included Uriah Wilkinson, Cory Martinson and Ray Schow.

Both Wilkinson and Martinson have serve...