Tuesday, November 27, 2012
City administrators are drafting a response to a letter from the state director of elections ordering a special election in February to elect a new mayor.
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- Jen Anesi
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
In a letter sent Monday to Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner and City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm, state Director of Elections Christopher Thomas directed the city to conduct a special election in February "to fill the vacancy created by former Mayor Daniels' recall." The letter arrived the same day Troy City Council voted 4-2 to appoint Dane Slater Mayor of Troy until the Nov. 5, 2013 regular election. "I understand the City's legal position to be that, pursuant to the Troy City Charter, the City intends to allow the person who was recently appointed to temporarily fill the vacancy in the office of Mayor to serve until a successor is elected at the next regularly scheduled city election" next November, he wrote. However, he asserted, the …
Ed Kempen and Dan Brake left paperwork with the City Clerk Monday afternoon.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
On Monday afternoon, two Troy residents – Ed Kempen and Dan Brake – attempted to turn in paperwork to run for mayor on Feb. 26, 2013. According to a press release sent late Monday afternoon from Concerned Troy Citizens, whose members spoke out against the city's decision to follow its charter instead of state statute at last Wednesday's special meeting, the City Clerk "walked away from the two candidates without accepting the paperwork under the watchful eye of Troy's City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm." However, Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner said the City could not accept the paperwork, since there is currently no election scheduled for February. At Monday evening's Troy City Council meeting, Council voted 4-2 to appoint Dane Slater as …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Motion asking for help regarding conflict between Troy Charter and State Election law fails in 3-3 vote.
The Troy City Council met Wednesday afternoon to review and discuss the conflicting requirements of the Troy Charter and State Election Law regarding the appointment of a replacement of the Mayor position and the process to fill that position’s remaining term (until November 2015). The special meeting was called in response to a letter Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm received last week from state Director of Elections Christopher Thomas, which writes: "It is the position of the Bureau of Elections that the City is required to conduct a special election to fill the vacancy on Feb. 26, 2013." Attorney Bluhm said having a special election so soon would violate City Charter, which requires potential candidates to file a petition signed by …
Lucille Musser Arking
1:35 pm on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
If I was to make a change to our charter it would require those who run for mayor to have served in another government elected position preferable in Troy . I believe after watching her for a year was that she had no idea how our city charter spelled out how our city government should work . That was the importance to her refusing to take an oath to follow it. Again education would have been … more ›