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Special election it is • Council deadlocked 2-2 in fourth meeting over appointment The four members of the Ceres City Council sat in silence for minutes at a time during Thursday night’s special meeting after they kept hitting a deadlock in appointing someone to the empty seat.
A polarized Ceres City Council was unable to resolve its deep division about who should be appointed to an empty District 1 council seat on Thursday evening, triggering a special election for Council District 1 that may cost taxpayers $40,000.
The special meeting was the council’s fourth time discussing an appointment with the same results of Feb. 2, Feb. 8 and Feb. 22. Thursday’s meeting was timed the day before the March 5 automatic trigger for a special election to fill the council seat left vacant when Channce Condit moved to the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 5. State law dictates that a vacancy must be filled within 9
Council hopelessly deadlocked in council seat appointment Special election likely with Ryno & Silveira dead-set for Laurie Smith; Condit & Lopez for anybody but The Ceres City Council was at a stalemate Tuesday evening over an appointment to fill Channce Condit s unexpired term. Deadlocked 2-2, the councilmembers did not budge, making it likely that a special election will be called in March. Left to right are Ceres City Manager Tom Westbrook, Councilwoman Linda Ryno, Mayor Javier Lopez, Councilman Bret Silveira and Vice Mayor Couper Condit.
During an awkward and tense special Tuesday evening Feb. 2 meeting, a divided Ceres City Council could not agree on who among four applicants should fill a vacant council seat.