News Release
August 24, 2007
Contacts
Leslye Asera, Community Relations Manager (925) 671-3272
lasera@ci.concord.ca.us
Council to interview 19 candidates for vacant seat
At its meeting on Thursday, Aug. 16, the Concord City Council unanimously voted to begin the process to appoint a new Councilmember to fill the seat left vacant by the untimely death of Councilmember Michael Chavez on August 4. The deadline for submittal of applications was Thursday, Aug. 23, at 5 p.m.
The following 19 candidates have submitted applications: Edi Birsan, Guy Bjerke, Keith Brown, Robert M. Bruce, Charles F. Carpenter, Vikki Chavez, David J. Current, Robert C. Hoag, David C. Kahler, Robert S. Kosloff, Roy A. Larkin, Ronald Leone, Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Michael R. Pelosi, William Seaver, Chris Tang, Susan L. Walls, La Shawn B. Wells, and Harmon C. West.
Candidate applications will be posted on the city Web site at www.cityofconcord.org(see the News and Events box).
The City Council will interview applicants on Monday, Aug. 27 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber. The meeting will be televised. By state law, the City Council has until Sept. 4, 2007 to appoint a new councilmember or to call for a special election, which would take place in February 2008. Councilmember Chavez was elected to a four-year term in November 2006. The new councilmember will serve the remainder of the term.
At its regularly scheduled meeting on Sept. 4, the City Council will vote to select a candidate from among the applicants. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the City Council will call for a special election in February 2008.
For more information, contact City Clerk Mary Rae Lehman at (925) 671-3495 or visit the City of Concord Web site at www.cityofconcord.org.
