Without explanation or elaboration Mayor Mark Jensen resigned his position in a single sentence letter sent to the Borough Clerk, Borough Manager and the Borough Assembly.

“I, Mark Jensen, resign my position as Mayor of the Petersburg Borough effective 8:00 a.m. today, May 18, 2017,” the letter read.

Cindi Lagoudakis is the Vice Mayor and will assume the mayoral duties.

Jensen was elected to a second three-year term during the Borough election held October, 2016.