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Bullhead City council directs staff to prepare paper-ballot process to pick temporary mayor
Summary
After lengthy debate, council members agreed to bring a paper-ballot selection for a temporary mayor to the April 21 meeting and signaled they will not appoint a seventh council member now; staff will prepare the agenda with eligibility details.
The Bullhead City Council directed staff on April 7 to prepare an April 21 agenda item using a paper-ballot process to select a temporary mayor for the remainder of the 2026 election cycle, after weeks of discussion about whether to fill an open council seat.
City Manager Toby Cotter told the council that Arizona’s resign-to-run framework and local code require the city to have a mayor in office and outlined several options the council could use to pick a mayor…
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