Christian Zavinski has tendered a letter of resignation for his seat on Warren City Council.

Mayor Maurice Cashman told the Times Observer that the letter would be accepted at council’s next meeting later this month.

Conewango Township police charged Zavinski, 29, with DUI from an incident that occurred on April 17.

Cashman said the letter does not make mention of those pending charges; but when asked if the DUI is the cause of the resignation he said “I would say you’re within reason.”

The city’s home rule charter did not make Zavinski’s resignation a fait accompli when he was charged. A conviction, however, would have resulted in forfeiture of the office.

It states that an elected officer shall forfeit office “convicted of a crime more serious than a summary offense as defined by Pennsylvania law.”

Both DUI charges brought against Zavinski are graded as misdemeanors and categorized as second-offense DUIs.