The Gila County Board of Supervisors is facing the hard task of filling the vacancy created by the recent death of Tommie Cline Martin, longtime District 1 supervisor.
County manager James Menlove said, âArizona Revised Statutes §16-230 stipulates that Martinâs peers on the Board of Supervisors will appoint a successor from her same political party (a Republican), to serve through the 2022 midterm elections.â
He said they would take action after the New Year, which brings the traditional election-year swearing-in of leaders chosen during the November election. However, the District 3 Supervisor Woody Cline, BOS chair, and District 2 Supervisor Tim Humphrey went into an executive session at the Dec. 15 meeting of the BOS to seek legal advice regarding filling the office of District 1 supervisor.