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The City Council shall discuss and possibly take action on selecting a method by which to fill the vacancy on the City Council. Discussion and Action.
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On March 17, 2014, Councilmember Leon Potter resigned his position as Councilmember of the City of Maricopa effective immediately. Section 2-13 of the Maricopa City Code states, in part, that the council shall fill any vacancy in council by appointment until the next regularly scheduled council election if the vacancy occurs more than thirty (30) days before the nomination petition deadline. It also states that the councilmember appointed shall be a qualified elector in the city and shall meet the qualifications set forth in Section 2-51 of this Code, which states in part that all candidates for elected office in the city shall be qualified electors of the city and that candidates shall have resided in the city for at least one year preceding the election in which he is running.
Because Councilmember Potter's term didn't expire until 2016, this seat will need to be placed on the August 26, 2014 Primary Election ballot. It will be a seat for a two year term expiring in 2016. Whomever the council appoints to fill this vacancy will serve until the first regular council meeting in December at which time the newly elected members will take office.
In 2012, this council, had a vacancy on the council also due to a resignation. At that time, the council chose to fill the vacancy by recruiting for a period of two weeks. After the recruitment closed, the council held a special meeting in which to interview their top candidates. During that special meeting, each council member chose their top three applicants to interview which resulted in interviewing eight of the sixteen applicants. The council went on to interview the eight candidates by taking turns asking the following questions that council had previously chosen to be asked of each candidate:
1. Although fully entitled to your own...
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