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Council divided over expanding candidate pool for vacancy; moves to proceed with current five candidates
Summary
Councilmember Bridal asked to add three previously ranked candidates back into the interview pool for a civic vacancy after dropouts; councilmembers debated fairness, rule changes and the 90‑day appointment deadline and ultimately signaled they would proceed with the five remaining candidates.
A procedural dispute over how to fill a vacant council seat dominated new business during the March 3 work session, with Councilmember Josh Bridal proposing the council add the next three ranked applicants to restore a full eight‑candidate interview pool after several people withdrew.
Bridal said elevating the next three names from the original ranked list would “create a system where none of us as a council know who these next three candidates are going to be” and argued the idea was meant…
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