Represent Your Community: Edgewater City Council Vacancy

At the February 16, 2021 Edgewater City Council meeting, Councilor Janet Spangenberg resigned from City Council due to a family crisis. At the March 2 City Council meeting, Council moved to fill the vacancy by appointment.

Here is the notice of the Council vacancy that was posted at various public posting locations around Edgewater and on the City website:

NOTICE OF COUNCIL VACANCY

NOTICE is hereby given that a vacancy exists on City Council. Council will fill this vacancy by appointment. The term of the vacant Council position shall last until the next regular Municipal Election in November, 2021. The legislative affairs of the City are vested in the City Council consisting of seven (7) Council Members and a Mayor. The Council currently meets virtually twice a month on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday and when in-person meetings resume would meet at the Civic Center at 1800 Harlan St.

Qualifications for the applicant at the time of appointment are as follows:

Is a citizen of the United States.
Is at least twenty-three (23) years of age.
Is a registered voter.
Has been, for one year immediately preceding such appointment, a resident
of the City.
No conviction for embezzlement, bribery, solicitation of bribery, perjury,
subornation of perjury, or any offense involving fraud.

Any person interested and qualified to serve may submit an application to the City Clerk. Applications can be submitted electronically through the below email, mailed or dropped off (please use the utility drop box for drop off applications) to the physical address.:

Lenore Pedroza, CMC
City Clerk
1800 Harlan St.
Edgewater, Colorado 80214
720-763-3002
lpedroza@edgewaterco.com

Applications will be accepted until close of business on March 31, 2021.

Click here for an application.

Joel Newton

Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.