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Springfield City Council decides on process to fill vacant Ward 1 seat Updated Mar 03, 2021; SPRINGFIELD – The City Council, faced with the decision of filling the vacant Ward 1 seat on the council, voted Tuesday to have a fully public, transparent process to interview and select that person from among the five interested candidates. Several councilors said it is unfortunate that the council, rather than the voters must pick the person to fill the seat, by law, due to the recent resignation of Ward 1 Councilor Adam Gomez, but decided that all deliberations should be open. Gomez became the newly elected state senator in January, and decided in February to give up the council seat with 10 months remaining on his council term.

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