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Council sets timeline to fill Ward 2 seat, removes executive‑session option from process
Summary
Council approved procedures to fill the Ward 2 vacancy: applications due May 20, council to finalize interview questions May 13 and select interviewees and make appointments at the May 27 meeting; council removed an executive‑session step to keep the process open.
Council approved a timeline and procedures to appoint a replacement for the Ward 2 seat created when a council member was elevated to mayor. Staff will publish the vacancy notice and solicit applicants; councilors will submit proposed interview questions to staff for consolidation and finalization on May 13. Applications will be due May 20; council will nominate and select applicants to interview on May 27, conduct interviews that night, and make a motion to appoint the replacement; the new member would be sworn in at the conclusion of that meeting.
Key procedural choices: Council removed a previously proposed executive‑session option so deliberations about applications will occur in open session. Council directed staff to post the list of scripted questions to applicants and to give each councilor two scripted questions (plus a discretionary follow‑up during interviews). The council also agreed a failure to appoint within 90 days would transfer appointment responsibility to the county per state law.
