ITEM TITLE:
Appointment of Vacant City Council Seat
SUBMITTED BY: Sheri Pierce, City Clerk
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:
The election of Council Member Dennis Fleming to the office of Mayor in the municipal election on May 7, 2024 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.
The 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.
4 letters were received by the deadline from the following community members (listed and attached in the order they were received):
• Sadie Blancaflor
• Mathew Brunton
• Clay Strickland
• Sharon Scheidt
Appointment of the member was postponed to the next regular meeting at the Tuesday, June 4, 2024.