District 3 Councilmember to be Named Mid-December

The City Council is scheduled to appoint the next District 3 City Councilmember on or after Dec. 12 according to a document on the City’s website.

Incumbent Justin Jones and newcomer Luz Marina Miranda have pulled papers to apply for the seat.

“On or after December 12, 2022, the newly seated City Council will consider applicants to serve as the appointed Councilmember to fill the vacancy for the Council District 3 seat,” the intent to fill document reads. “The term of service for the appointment is from the date of appointment to December 9, 2024.”

The City Council will hear presentations from all applicants and then a Q&A session will follow. The City Council will decide by vote who will fill the vacancy.

The vacancy will be filled sometime after new Councilmember Jason Lyon is sworn in.

The vote will fill the second vacancy left by the untimely death of Councilmember John Kennedy.

Kennedy died in July.

In September, the City Council voted to appoint Jones to the seat after hearing presentations from Jones, former District 3 Candidate Brandon Lamar and Pastor Lucious Smith.

In addition to a completed application, applicants must circulate a nomination petition and gather a minimum of 25 qualified signatures from registered voters living in, and registered to vote in, District 3.

Applicants must hand-deliver all completed materials no later than 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 1 to the Office of the City Clerk.

No postmarks, email submissions, or faxes will be accepted. There is a $25 filing fee due at the time applications and nomination petitions are filed.