Press release date: Mon Apr 26th, 2010
WEST LINN - The following process will be used for filling the City Council vacancy. This process was decided upon at the Monday, April 26, 2010 Council meeting:
- On Wednesday, April 28 at 7:30 at City Hall, the City Council will meet with all 31 applicants; each applicant will have two minutes to present information about themselves.
- The Council may then discuss appointing an individual to the Mayor position and if necessary, the Council could also decide on a Council appointment.
- If the Council makes that decision, the Council could proceed with both appointments.
- The Council may make a decision tomorrow night, or may request additional interview time with a select group of applicants; this second interview would take place on Thursday on 6:30.
- The newly-appointed official(s) would participate in the May 3, 2010 work session, and would be formally sworn in at the May 10, 2010 Council meeting.
The following people applied for the vacancy on the West Linn City Council created by the resignation of the former mayor.
The City Council reserves the right to appoint someone to either the mayor’s position, or a councilor position if the mayor’s position is filled with a sitting City Councilor.
The application form asks applicants to indicate the position(s) an applicant seeks.
Mayor
Scott Burgess
Donald Cox
Mike Gates
Michael Harper
John Kovash
Kathleen Lairson
Bob Martin
Robert McCarthy
Keith Morris
Jerry Switzer
Robert Michael Tanner
Councilor
Stephen Coxen
Tom Neff
Jack Perry
Curtis Sommer
Jacob Spriggs
Jennifer Tan
Mayor or Councilor
Thomas Boes
Chuck Boman
John Carr
Kenneth Edens
Karen Hensley
Charles Isely
Mike Jones
Mike Kapigian
Jim Mattis
David Newell
Ryerson Schwark
Erik Simshauser
Ron Whitehead
Terri Zagone
