ITEM TITLE:
Appointment of Vacant City Council Seat
SUBMITTED BY: Elise Sorum-Birk, Deputy 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:
On July 5, 2022 the resignation of Council Member Dawson Moore 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.
2 letters were received by the deadline from the following community members:
Larry Weaver
Olivia Foster
The newly appointed member will be sworn into office and take their seat at the next regular meeting on Wednesday, August 17th.