An empty seat on Northern Lehigh School Board has been accounted for.

On an 8-0 vote, the school board on Monday appointed David Roberts to the vacant post.

Roberts, of Washington Township, will be sworn in at next month’s regular school board meeting.

He was the only candidate to apply for the seat even after the board extended the deadline.

A system operator at Met-Ed, Roberts explained why he applied for the seat.

“I’d like to be part of the community and make sure things are in check,” Roberts said. “I do think it’s a beautiful school district, and I’d like to see it continue to grow and develop.”

Roberts replaces former Director Debra Bower, who resigned from the board last month due to health reasons.

He will serve until 2019. At that point, the seat will be only a two-year seat to complete the end of Bower’s term, which expires in 2021.

Bower was appointed to the board in March 2016.

She replaced former Director Natalie Green, who resigned from her seat in February 2016.

Green was originally appointed to the board in June 2010.