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Lafayette council sets timeline to fill council vacancy, schedules July interviews
Summary
Following Councilmember Dawson’s resignation effective June 1, the council declared the vacancy and directed the city clerk to advertise applications, scheduled candidate interviews in mid-July and asked the mayor and vice mayor to draft interview questions; council voted to keep the item open for discussion on procedures.
The Lafayette City Council on June 9 moved to begin the formal process to fill the council seat left vacant by Councilmember Dawson’s resignation effective June 1 and set a timeline to interview and appoint a replacement.
Staff presented the statutory requirement that the council must fill the vacancy within 60 days and summarized the city’s 2019 resolution for filling vacancies. The council adopted the staff recommendation to advertise the vacancy for up to two weeks and to accept applications until one week prior to the interviews. The council directed the city clerk to proceed and set candidate interviews for July 15 with…
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