Dos vacantes en el Ayuntamiento de Bend

Dos vacantes en el Ayuntamiento de Bend

Councilors will appoint people to fill vacant seats for the remainder of the year

Bend City Councilors declared two Council vacancies at their Mayo 18 meeting, triggering a selection process that is open to community members interested in being appointed to the Bend City Council for the remainder of this year. In separate announcements, Mayor Sally Russell and Councilor Rita Schenkelberg publicized that they both were resigning and that the Mayo 18 Council meeting would be their final meeting.

During the Mayo 18 meeting, Councilors appointed Mayor Pro-Tem Gena Goodman-Campbell as the new Mayor. Councilors then chose Anthony Broadman to serve as the new Mayor Pro-Tem. Goodman-Campbell will complete Russell’s Mayoral term (Council Position 7) which expires the end of 2022.

The move into the seat of Mayor created one vacancy for Goodman-Campbell’s seat, (Council Position 5), which also expires in 2022. The other vacancy is for Schenkelberg’s seat, (Council Position 4).

Ambos nombrados formarán parte del Consejo durante el resto de 2022. Ambos puestos del Consejo se someterán a votación en las elecciones generales de noviembre, momento en el que ambos escaños deberán cubrirse mediante elección. Los nombrados formarán parte del Consejo hasta que los concejales recién elegidos tomen posesión de su cargo el 4 de enero de 2023.

La persona elegida por los votantes para ocupar el escaño de Schenkelberg ejercerá el cargo durante los dos años que le quedan a Schenkelberg, en lugar de un mandato habitual de cuatro años.

Community members interested in being appointed can apply at www.bendoregon.gov/council-application found at www.bendoregon.gov/citycouncil between Mayo 19 and junio 1. Appointees must be registered to vote in Oregon and must have resided in the city continuously during the twelve months immediately preceding the appointment.

If more than 10 people apply for the vacancies, a subcommittee of councilors (Anthony Broadman, Melanie Kebler and Megan Perkins) will convene to review the applications and suggest candidates for interviews. If fewer than 10 people apply, the whole Council will interview all applicants. Councilors will hold special public meetings in early junio to conduct interviews. (Watch www.bendoregon.gov/councilagenda for meeting information.)

The City’s Charter says a vacancy in the council shall be filled within 30 days by appointment by the council but if the council does not fill the vacancy by an appointment within 30 days, then the vacancy gets filled at the next election, which would be in noviembre.

For more detail, section 21 of the Bend Charter and section 9 of the City Council Rules explain the requirements associated with the process to fill vacancies.

More information about the 2022 Council elections can be found here.