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Lake Stevens council appoints Kurt Hilt to fill vacant council seat for remainder of term
Summary
After a closed executive session to evaluate candidates, the council voted to appoint Kurt Hilt to Position No. 7. Council members who spoke in favor cited Hilt’s previous Lake Stevens council experience and familiarity with budget and process; the motion passed and the council adjourned.
The Lake Stevens City Council returned from an executive session on June 24 and appointed Kurt Hilt to fill the vacant Position No. 7, voting to dispense with additional procedures and name Hilt as interim council member for the remainder of the term.
The motion to appoint Hilt carried after members who supported the appointment described the short time remaining in the current term and said the city would benefit from a member with prior Lake Stevens council experience who can step into budget and policy work without a long learning curve. One council member said the appointee’s prior elected service showed voters had previously endorsed him; other members said the appointment was practical because filing deadlines for the office had already passed.
The motion and second were recorded on the public record immediately after the executive session; the meeting minutes show the council voted in favor and then adjourned. The audio record did not include a detailed roll‑call vote tally in the public discussion that followed, and the motion was announced as passing.
What happens next: The newly appointed council member will serve until the end of the current term; the council did not take further official action at the June 24 meeting before adjourning.
