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Lafayette council appoints Stella Weatherspoon after special meeting of candidate interviews
Summary
The Lafayette City Council unanimously appointed Stella Weatherspoon to the council at a special meeting held July 15 after interviewing multiple applicants and adopting interview procedures that gave each candidate a set of questions and a timed response period.
Stella Weatherspoon was appointed to the Lafayette City Council at a special meeting July 15, when council members adopted a resolution filling the vacancy and voted unanimously to install her immediately.
The council convened a July 15 special meeting to interview applicants for the open seat and first adopted an interview protocol that gave each candidate a prepared list of 12 questions, 24 minutes to answer them and a three‑minute closing statement. "We are actually gonna give you the questions... We will give you 24 minutes, and we're gonna have a countdown clock here so you can kinda keep your time," the mayor told candidates before interviews began.
Council members said they wanted a process that treated applicants…
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