ITEM TITLE:
Appointment of Vacant City Council Seat
SUBMITTED BY: Sheri Pierce, City Clerk, MMC
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: n/a
Unencumbered Balance: n/a
Funding Source: n/a
RECOMMENDATION:
Following review and consideration of submissions, vote to appoint one of the applicants to fill the vacancy.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
On July 15, 2025, the resignation of Council Member Dom Lumba created a vacancy on the Valdez City Council. Valdez City Charter, Section 2.14, requires that the City Council fill the vacancy by appointment within 30 days.
Appointee must be a registered voter in the City of Valdez and have resided within Valdez City limits for at least one year.
To meet this requirement the City Council solicited letters of interest from the public.
7 letters were received by the deadline from the following community members (in the order received):
• Nick Crump
• David Bradley
• Lester Greene
• Magdalena McCay
• Elgin Strickland
• Jason Tippetts
• Michael Jay Stevens
The newly appointed member will be sworn into office and take their seat at the next regular city council meeting on August 19th.