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Betsy Kraske sworn in early to fill Missoula Ward 1 vacancy
Summary
Missoula appointed election-winner Betsy Kraske to fill a Ward 1 vacancy; she will serve immediately through December and begin her elected four-year term in January, the mayor's office told listeners on Wake Up Missoula.
Betsy Kraske was appointed to the Missoula City Council seat for Ward 1 and sworn in to begin serving immediately through the end of December, city officials said on the Nov. 14 Wake Up Missoula program. According to Mayor Andrea Davis's remarks on the program, Kraske won the recent election and the council chose to seat the election winner early to fill the vacancy created when the previous Ward 1 member stepped down.
The mayor told listeners that Kraske's four-year elected term officially begins in January but that the council's decision allowed her to start on Monday, Nov. 10 to serve the remainder of the outgoing member's term. "Betsy Kraske has been appointed to Ward 1 as of this morning," the mayor said on the broadcast.
The early appointment followed a council decision to fill the vacancy by seating the person chosen by voters in the general election when that result was uncontested. The program did not report any related motions or votes taken at the council meeting itself; no formal roll-call outcomes were read on the broadcast.
The city and the program encouraged listeners to check the city calendar and engagemissoula.com for upcoming meetings and further documents related to council business.
