Only one municipality and two school districts in Ozark County will hold elections in the April 6 General Municipal Election, according to a report in the Ozark County Times. Candidate filing for the election closed Jan. 19.
Elected positions are coming open on all five Ozark County schools and all three municipal boards, as well as Public Water District #1 in Theodosia and the Ozark County Ambulance District. (No terms are expiring on the Ozark County Health Department, the county’s other public board with elected members).
However, state law allows entities to opt out of holding elections when the number of candidates equals the number of terms ending, which is the case for the elected boards in the other two municipalities, three school districts and two public boards.