---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000108985-23-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YORW"
cik: "0000108985"
company_name: "YORK WATER CO"
filed_at: "2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T09:18:12.303075+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Cynthia A. Dotzel resigns; George W. Hodges appointed to board

## Summary
- Cynthia A. Dotzel resigned from the Board of Directors effective July 11, 2023, not due to any disagreement.
- She served as Chair from May 2021 to May 2023 and was a member of the Executive Committee.
- George W. Hodges appointed to fill the vacancy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000108985-23-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YORW
- cik: 0000108985
- company_name: YORK WATER CO
- filed_at: 2023-07-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000073/0000108985-23-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000073/form8k-071123.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000108985-23-000073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000108985-23-000073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000108985-23-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  George W. Hodges was appointed as Director at YORK WATER CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board of Directors appointed George W. Hodges to succeed Ms. Dotzel.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000073/0000108985-23-000073-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cynthia A. Dotzel resigned as Director at YORK WATER CO.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 11, 2023, Cynthia A. Dotzel tendered her resignation from the Board of Directors of The York Water Company (the Company) effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/108985/000010898523000073/0000108985-23-000073-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.