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Saginaw council appoints Tobias Young to fill vacant seat after interviews
Summary
After interviewing a field of applicants in a Committee of the Whole session, Saginaw City Council selected Tobias Young in a roll-call vote, 5–3, to fill a vacant council seat. The council used the process described in its rules; two ballots were required before Young secured the five votes needed.
Saginaw — The Saginaw City Council on Tuesday appointed Tobias Young to fill a vacant at-large council seat, winning 5 votes to 3 in the final roll-call tally after two rounds of voting.
Council followed the procedure laid out in its rules of order for filling vacancies, allowing nominations from the floor and conducting successive roll-call ballots until a candidate received the five votes required. After an initial three-way tally eliminated Charles Allen, the council cast a second ballot between Young and Carla Lamar; the mayor announced, “Mister Young has 5 votes and miss Lamar has 3 votes. So mister Young is your new council member.”
The appointment followed a Committee of the Whole session earlier in the meeting in…
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