Ten people have applied for the Ocean Shores City Council vacant seat caused by the death of Robert Crumpacker last month.
The applicants, who will appear before the City Council at the 6 p.m. meeting Monday night at the Convention Center, include former council members Jackie Farra and John Schroeder, along with previous council candidates Shannon Rubin, Michael Darling and Carlos Roldan, who all ran in the last city election.
The others are screenwriter/filmmaker/designer Hank Isaac, Door Mouse Boutique owner Patricia Habeck, retired marketing executive and KOSW volunteer Diane Solem, retired education administrator Kathryn Sprigg, and Richard Wills, former Army technician and current trustee on the Ocean Shores Fresh Water Committee.
To qualify, an applicant must have at least one year of full-time residence in the city, be a current registered voter in the district, and be able to serve out the term until the Nov. 2019 election.
At the council meeting, each applicant will be able to speak individually for three minutes before council questions are asked. The same questions are asked of each candidate.
The council then deliberates in executive session, reconvenes, and votes publicly until an applicant has a majority, with the mayor able to break a tie.
Here is the process for the April 9 meeting:
● Councilmember applicants will be asked to wait outside the Council Chamber
● Each applicant will be called into the meeting one at a time to speak and answer questions
● Applicants may then sit in Council and listen to subsequent applicants
● When all available have spoken, Mayor will recess into executive session
● Mayor and Council will discuss qualifications in the executive session
● Mayor will reconvene the regular meeting
● Council may then vote on a new Councilmember to fill the vacancy
● Mayor may break any tie vote
● New Councilmember may be sworn in and take his or her seat on the Council
● Regular meeting continues
The person chosen will serve until November 2019, at which time the position would be up for election for the remaining two years in what would have been Crumpacker’s full term.
