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Tracy council deadlocks on immediate appointment; votes to revisit vacancy policy after public outcry
Summary
The City of Tracy heard hours of public comment on whether to appoint third-place finisher Mateo Bedoya to a vacant council seat. A motion to appoint failed for lack of a second; the council voted 3–1 to send the city’s vacancy policy back for review and to return with an appointment item consistent with any changes.
City of Tracy councilmembers on Dec. 17 debated whether to follow a recently amended council policy that directs the council to appoint the next-highest vote-getter from the most recent election to fill a vacancy.
The council clerk’s staff explained that resolution 2024-188 modified the council’s vacancy policy to prefer appointment of the next-highest vote-getter. That provision made Mateo Bedoya—who finished third in the Nov. 5, 2024 municipal election and received roughly 7,600+ votes—an immediate candidate for appointment to the seat vacated when Dan Areola…
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