Pasadena District 7 Vacancy News

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The Pasadena City Council voted and approved the following District 7 appointment process:

• Applications will be accepted for 18 days, beginning May 14 until 5:30 p.m., June 1, 2015.
• Eligible Pasadena residents seeking to be appointed to fill the council seat recently vacated by newly elected Mayor Terry Tornek, must be registered voters and living in City Council District 7.
• In addition to the application, the Council voted to require that all applications must include a nomination petition signed by a minimum of 25 qualified registered voters who live in District 7.
• All application materials and petition papers must be issued by the City Clerk’s Office and delivered, in person, back to the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, by the June 1 deadline.

Interview questions

An ad hoc committee of the City Council will develop interview questions asked of each applicant and provide a review of applications received. Mayor Tornek appointed Vice Mayor Gene Masuda and Councilmember Margaret McAustin to form the ad hoc committee.

Special public meeting

A special public meeting of the City Council will be held sometime in June to interview the applicants and to vote on making an appointment.

At the special meeting:

• All candidates will be interviewed on the same day.
• No candidate will be permitted to be present during the interview of any other candidate.
• Each qualified applicant will be asked to make a six-minute presentation to the City Council.

In accordance with City Charter Section 506, any action by the City Council to appoint requires five affirmative votes. Should the City Council be unable to garner the necessary five votes for one applicant by the deadline of the 75th day of the vacancy, July 17, 2015, City Charter Section 404 states the replacement would then be chosen by lot.