11-05-2025
Potsdam village board back to full roster
May 11—POTSDAM — The Board of Trustees is back to a full slate.
The board unanimously appointed Joshua Tulloch to full former trustee Monique Tirion's unexpired term on April 28.
He joins Trustee Ryan Deuel, who was appointed in March to complete the unexpired term of former Deputy Mayor Steve Warr. Tulloch's term, like Deuel's, will run through Dec. 1.
Tirion resigned in January after voicing frustration with her inability to get relevant details on village finances and alleged facing pushback from village employees when pressing for financial information.
Warr resigned in January, a week after Tirion, which he attributed to the village moving in the "wrong direction" with its handling of the village recreation program and other issues.
Village Mayor Alexandra Jacobs-Wilke noted that Tulloch's selection followed a "lengthy search."
Due to a family emergency, Tulloch was unable to attend the meeting. He is expected to be sworn in at the next regular meeting on May 19, the mayor said.
"I know he's very excited to get started here on the board," Jacobs-Wilke said.
A local resident and graduate of Canton High School, Tulloch served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an amphibious assault and operations officer for six years following college.
"He completed two deployments out of Camp Pendleton and Quantico before honorably being discharged at the rank of captain after his military service," Jacobs-Wilke said.
Wilke also said Tulloch received a Fulbright Scholarship to the U.S. State Department in Prague, Czech Republic, and later earned his master's degree as a physician associate. He now works as a primary care provider for the Department of Veteran Affairs.
Tulloch is a member of New Hope Community Church, and is a husband and father to a 7-month-old daughter.
"So congratulations, Joshua, and we look forward to working with you on this board and we look forward to having the swearing in ceremony very soon," Jacobs-Wilke said. "Once again, I want to thank Josh and all of the members of our board for your willingness to step up and serve our community."
"I did want to say we talked to so many people in this search and there's some just wonderful people in our community who serve in all different ways and it's wonderful to have another person to work alongside," the mayor said. "And it says a lot to have a veteran and a healthcare provider and a native son of Potsdam who returned to build a life here wanting to serve on our board alongside everyone else. Having that variety of viewpoints and life experiences on our board and in all of our committees makes us all stronger."
