City of Montgomery welcomes new leadership, cancels May 9 city election[/caption]
The city of Montgomery will welcome a new mayor and several city councilmen May 20, following the cancellation of the May 9 city election.
The city canceled the election due to a lack of opposition to candidates who filed for election by the Feb. 27 deadline, City Administrator Jack Yates said.
Mayor Pro Tem Kirk Jones, who serves as the Position 3 councilman, is now scheduled to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor John Fox. Fox did not give a public reason for his resignation in November, Yates said. The term will expire in May 2016.
T.J. Wilkerson was the only candidate to file for the Position 3 seat vacated by Jones and will join the council in May.
Incumbent councilmen Jon Bickford, Position 1, and Dave McCorquodale, Position 5, filed for re-election, but they were the only candidates to file for their respective seats.
The new positions will become official May 20, Yates said. Wilkerson, Bickford and McCorquodale will serve the full two-year term, which is scheduled to expire in May 2017.
Yates joined the city Dec. 9 as interim city administrator following the resignation of former administrator Bill Kotlan and was officially named city administrator March 2.
City of Montgomery welcomes new leadership, cancels May 9 city election[/caption]
The city of Montgomery will welcome a new mayor and several city councilmen May 20, following the cancellation of the May 9 city election.
The city canceled the election due to a lack of opposition to candidates who filed for election by the Feb. 27 deadline, City Administrator Jack Yates said.
Mayor Pro Tem Kirk Jones, who serves as the Position 3 councilman, is now scheduled to fill the unexpired term of former Mayor John Fox. Fox did not give a public reason for his resignation in November, Yates said. The term will expire in May 2016.
T.J. Wilkerson was the only candidate to file for the Position 3 seat vacated by Jones and will join the council in May.
Incumbent councilmen Jon Bickford, Position 1, and Dave McCorquodale, Position 5, filed for re-election, but they were the only candidates to file for their respective seats.
The new positions will become official May 20, Yates said. Wilkerson, Bickford and McCorquodale will serve the full two-year term, which is scheduled to expire in May 2017.
Yates joined the city Dec. 9 as interim city administrator following the resignation of former administrator Bill Kotlan and was officially named city administrator March 2.
