information from the City of SeaTac
The SeaTac City Council will be choosing a new councilmember to fill the Position #2 seat vacated by former Councilmember Joel Wachtel.
The Council will be holding a Virtual Special Council Meeting on Wednesday, June 17 at 5 PM to discuss the issue. The City Council will recess into an executive session to review the qualifications of the candidates. They will then reconvene in open session where they will nominate candidates and vote until there is a majority vote for one candidate. This new member is scheduled to be sworn-in and begin as a Councilmember at the June 23 Regular Council Meeting at 6 PM.
At the June 9, Regular Council Meeting, Council provided direction to consider the pool of applicants which were used in January 2019 to fill the current vacant position. There are seven interested applicants. Council was provided with the applications and the link to the audio of the interviews to review before the Special Council Meeting.
List of candidates to be considered (in first name alphabetical order):
1. Andrew Ried-Munro
2. Brandon Pinto
3. Deborah Myers
4. Jennifer Corona
5. Nimco Bulale
6. Parmbir Singh
7. Stanley Tombs
The June 17, Virtual Special Council Meeting will be audio recorded and placed on the City’s website at some point after the meeting. This meeting will not be livestreamed due to the potential length of the closed session which would leave a long period of silence online. The public may call in to the conference line to listen to the meeting. The number is 206.973.4555. While you will be able to hear the meeting; you will not be able to participate in the meeting. Please note that if you are unable to mute your phone, everyone else on the call-in line will be able to hear you, so please refrain from speaking. No one will be able to physically attend this meeting.
PUBLIC COMMENTS (related to Position #2 Council Vacancy): In an effort to adhere to the social distancing protocols, pursuant to the Governor’s and public health officials’ orders, and in order to keep our residents, Council, and staff healthy, the City Council will not hear any in-person public comments during this COVID-19 public health emergency. If you wish to submit a public comment, please email your comments to PublicComment@seatacwa.gov by 3 p.m. the day of the meeting. The public comment will be mentioned by name and subject and then placed on the City’s website for viewing. Public comments submitted to an email address other than PublicComment@seatacwa.gov, after the deadline, or outside the topic of this public comment period, will not be included as part of the record.
https://cityofseatac.wordpress.com/2020/06/15/city-council-to-choose-new-councilmember/
All were interviewed in a public meeting which was audio recorded and is available on the city website:
https://seatac.vod.castus.tv/vod/?video=4c237a6a-b52c-4929-9ec2-3306d15ae07c
