Originally published August 18, 2009 at 6:03 p.m., updated August 18, 2009 at 6:03 p.m.
30 applications have been submitted for the open St. Joseph city council seat.
In alphabetical order, the applicants are:
Christopher Black
Kim Brant
Marvin Brown
JoAnn Cobb
Jerry Cooper
John Corcoran Jr.
Charles Endsley
Ryan Evans
Russell Foster
Jerome Goolsby
Steven Haskey IV
Lorrie Hollis
Pat Jones
David Mason
Michael McKague
Byron Myers
Jeff Penland
Jude Pinzino
Kenneth Reeder
Randy Schultz
Richard Sharp
Dick Sipe
Vincent Smith
Pat Squires
Tom Stephens
Michael Stevens
Andrew Trautman
Ramadhan Washington
Derek Ward
Mark Withrow
Monday was the last day to submit the paperwork for the vacant seat. Whomever is elected by the council will serve until next year's election. Thursday, the city council will have an open meeting to discuss a plan for filling former deputy mayor Mike Hirter's seat in the chamber.
Mayor Shearin knows it will be a challenging meeting as the council decides how to whittle the list down from 30.
The mayor says he wanted to keep the discussion open and not mandate how the council chooses the new member.
Once the council narrows the field, a simple majority is needed by the council to approve the new member.
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