With two open seats and two qualified candidates for the Brentwood City Council in the November 4 election, the council now has the option to simply appoint the two seats to the qualified candidates versus holding an actual election.
As of the 5:00 pm Friday deadline to file, only Vice Mayor Joel Bryant and Council Member Steve Barr had successfully pulled papers and filed to run for city council. The seats will be for four-year terms.
Here is a letter that went out this afternoon by City Clerk Margaret Wimberly.
Good afternoon:
As you are aware the nomination period for City Council for the City of Brentwood opened on July 14, 2014. As of the close of the Nomination period today, August 8, 2014, there were only two candidates qualified for City Council, incumbents Vice Mayor Joel Bryant, and Council Member Steve Barr. No other papers were filed.
Please be aware that as only two candidates have qualified for the two Council Member positions, the Council could decide to take one of the actions listed in Election Code 10229. The section states in part, that when only 1 person has been nominated for each office being elected, the Council could take one of the following actions:
- Appoint to the office the person who has been nominated
- Appoint to the office an eligible elector if no one has been nominated (this does not apply as there are 2 candidates for the 2 seats)
- Hold the election.
If no person has been appointed to office by the 75th day (August 21, 2014) before the election, then the election shall be held. Please let me know if you need any additional information.
Sincerely,
Margaret Wimberly
