Tom Tack, the president of the Oak Harbor Navy League and member of the Coupeville Town Council has announced he is resigning from the council effective Aug. 15.

Tack resigned his position because he accepted a job with Northrup Grumman Corporation in New York, where he is going to work in its electronic warfare program. He presently works for Electronic Warfare Associates at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

A former Navy pilot, Tack said the quick resignation was necessary because he needed time to move before the start of the school year in September. He wouldn’t have time to tend to council business while organizing a quick family move across the country.

“As you can imagine, the decision to leave Coupeville was not an easy one and we debated the pros and cons for some time. Ultimately we decided this opportunity is in our family’s best long term interest,” Tack said in his resignation letter submitted to the town of Coupeville.

Tack, a former EA-6B Prowler pilot, retired from the Navy in 2008. Since his retirement, he has become a highly visible leader on Whidbey Island. In addition to the Coupeville Town Council and the Navy League, he is the vice president of the Central Whidbey Chamber of Commerce.

He said the most difficult thing about the move is having to pull his four children out of the Aquajet swim program at the John Vanderzicht Memorial Pool in Oak Harbor. He said there isn’t a finer youth program around.

He was sworn in for his first term on the town council in January 2010.