With a vacancy on the city council after the resignation of Alex Campbell, the remaining council members voted to take applications from people interested in serving through November 2022.Campbell resigned earlier this month after pleading guilty to one count of election fraud.City Manager Eric Wier told the council it was their job to figure out how to fill the vacancy.#placement_573654_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid573654 = window.pid573654 || rnd;var plc573654 = window.plc573654 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=573654;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid573654+';place='+(plc573654++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');“It is up to the council how to fill the vacancy,” Wier said. “You have two options. One, you can call a special election, or you could appoint someone.”Wier told the council a special election would cost the city around $30,000, and the winner would be seated through the end of Campbell’s term, which was slated to expire in December 2024. If appointed, the person chosen would only serve through the next general election, which is November 2022. The person could choose to run for the rest of the term at that time.After hearing the options, the council was unanimous in avoiding the $30,000 expense.“I can’t see us spending that kind of taxpayer money on a special election,” Councilman Blake Inscore said. “My recommendation is we make an appointment until November 2020.”Councilman Beau Smith then made a motion to take applications with the council voting for a replacement. Inscore seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.Applications will be accepted at city hall through March 26. The could will do interviews the week of March 29, with the person chosen taking the oath of office April 5.The council then turned to choosing a new mayor pro tem. Before the discussion, Natalie Fahning spoke during public comment, saying almost every decision made by the council since January should be reconsidered. Fahning said Campbell, Smith and Greenough teamed together to choose Greenough as mayor, a move she said was illegal and should be reconsidered.“Residents are angry that so much time has been wasted with one resident’s illegal behavior,” she said.Smith then made a motion to nominate Inscore as mayor pro tem and Councilman Isaiah Wright seconded it. Before the vote, Inscore spoke up.“Because of the public comment that was made, I want to express what I believe,” Inscore said. “I will speak to one specific issue from my perspective and that it the role of the mayor. I do believe Mayor Greenough that you’re doing a great job. I think you were brought in in a difficult situation and uncomfortable situation because in some ways it pitted you and I, who have worked together for four years, against one another. That is not something either of us wanted. I am wholeheartedly in support of you remaining as our mayor. I’m honored, if the council so chooses me, to serve as your mayor pro tem, to work with you so we can move forward.”The council then voted unanimously to appoint Inscore as mayor pro tem.“If the council would like to review them mayor’s situation, I am willing to go through the process again,” Greenough said before ending the meeting. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1515727'); });