The Eden Prairie News ran a story today about our upcoming filing period for the two open spots on our City Council. One of the Council spots is held by Councilmembers Sherry Butcher. Councilmember Butcher plans to run for her seat again. The other seat is currently held by Councilmember Jan Mosman. Councilmember Mosman is not planning to run again, so we will have at least one new person, for sure, on our City Council starting in January 2005.
In addition to the filing information in the EP News story, City staff have also organized an educational opportunity for potential Council candidates. The session will be held on Wednesday, August 25th at 5:00 p.m. at City Center, 8080 Mitchell Road. The session will consist of brief presentations from me and the City’s senior management staff, which consists of the Police Chief, Fire Chief, Community Development Director, Parks & Recreation Director, and the Public Works Director.We will give short presentations about current and future issues the City will be facing. We’ll also do a little Q&A at the end.
My hope is that we will attract citizens who are, perhaps, on the fence about running for City Council. We will provide them enough information that they can use to make an informed decision about whether or not to run for office.
Maybe it’ll work. Maybe it won’t. But we’re going to give it a try.
