The City of Gillette is currently accepting applications for the Ward III City Council vacancy. Applications are available on the City website and in the City Clerk’s office at City Hall. Applications must be received by the City Clerk's Office by 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Interviews will be held on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. The term of the vacancy appointment will expire on January 7, 2025. 

Wyoming Statute 15-1-107 (c) “If a vacancy is determined to exist, the governing body shall appoint an eligible person to the office who shall serve until his successor is elected at the next general municipal election and qualified.”

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Qualifications are as follows:

-Candidates for Municipal office must be a registered voter and a resident of the municipality and ward which they seek to represent (W.S. 22-23-301) and will have resided in said ward for at least one (1) year next preceding their election, if so elected. (W.S. 22-23-103(b)) 

-Pursuant to W.S. 6-10-106, a person convicted of a felony is incompetent to hold any office of honor, unless they have had a complete and full restoration of rights, not just voting rights. 

-Applicants should ensure that they are not holding an office which may conflict, or be incompatible, with the office for which they are filing; and, their employment is compatible with the office they are seeking.

For more information, contact Public Affairs Director Jennifer Toscana at (307) 686-5202.