SUBJECT: General Business
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Interviews for Board of Trustees Vacancy and Finalist Selection by Rank Choice Voting
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DEPARTMENT: Town Administration
PRESENTER: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
TIME ESTIMATE: 3 hours
only required for non-consent items
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Interview and choose the individual to fulfill the term of Former Trustee Gippe, to be sworn in at the December 14, 2021 regular Board Meeting
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
On October 6, 2021 former Trustee Bill Gippe submitted his resignation from the Board of Trustees, effective immediately. When a member of the Board of Trustees resigns, the process to fill the vacant position is governed by ? 1-5-2 of the Erie Municipal Code, which states as follows:
The board of trustees shall have power, by appointment, to fill all vacancies in the board or in any other elected office, and the person so appointed shall hold office until the next regular election and until his successor is elected and qualified. If the term of the person creating the vacancy was to extend beyond the next regular election, the person elected to fill the vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term. Where a vacancy exists in the office of trustee and a successor or successors are to be elected at the next election to fill the unexpired term or terms, the three candidates for trustee receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to four-year terms and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes, in descending order, shall be elected to fill the unexpired term or terms.
Because former Trustee Gippe's current term expires in April 2022, any appointee would only serve from the date of appointment until April 2022, and then would need to run for the Board again if interested in retaining the seat.
During the Board's October 12 meeting, the Board asked the Town Attorney and Town Administrator to propose a process and schedule for the Board to fol...
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