Abbott takes council seat

To fill the seat vacated by Kelly Turk, who resigned earlier this year, the Farmington City Council appointed Joel Abbott at its April 15 meeting.

Abbott and wife, Jill, moved to Farmington last year to work for Audiopile, a music components business in town.

Abbott runs his own music production company, Northbound Productions.

He came to Farmington from Moscow where he served as a volunteer firefighter/EMT, for which he was HAZMAT certified.

He said he was approached about filling the Farmington City Council seat.

“I’m definitely willing to step up and help out,” Abbott said. “The biggest thi...