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Council sets adjusted timeline to fill Cortez council seat; suspends rules and schedules application deadline Jan. 21
Summary
Following Councilmember Cortez’s resignation effective midnight, staff outlined the statutory process for filling the vacancy. The council suspended parts of its governance manual and set an application deadline of Jan. 21 at 10 a.m.; a special meeting will consider applicants and select candidates to interview at the Feb. 3 regular meeting.
The Battle Ground City Council moved to begin the process of filling the council vacancy created by Councilmember Adriana Cortez’s resignation (effective midnight on Jan. 7) and adjusted the city’s advertised timeline to give applicants two full weeks to apply.
City Manager and the clerk briefed the council on the statutory framework. Under state law the council has 90 days to fill the seat; if the city does not select a replacement within that time the county council must fill the vacancy. Eligibility criteria were reviewed: applicants…
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