Citing intention to move outside Boulder, City Council member and president Shane Maichel resigned in a June 29 letter that was presented at the July 15 City Council meeting.
In his letter, Maichel expressed gratitude for the chance to represent Ward 1 for the last four years and said his resignation would be effective Aug. 1.
Maichel, whose term was set to end Dec. 31, told the Monitor in late June he chose not to run for reelection due to his plans to move. At the time he had not sold his home.
City councilor Drew Dawson was voted in as council president, also effective Aug. 1, following Maichel’s announcement.
Mayor Rusty Giulio said the city would seek someone to fill the vacant seat for the remainder of the year. The City Council would have to vote to appoint whoever might apply.
The seat Maichel is leaving is one of two City Council seats that are open effective Jan. 1, 2020. The other is the Ward 2 seat that Michael Taylor has filled since Jan. 22, when he was appointed following Bettie Schlueter’s resignation at the end of last year.
Taylor filed by the 5 p.m. June 17 deadline to run for election and will be unopposed unless a write-in candidate files by 5 p.m. Sept. 3. City Clerk Ellen Harne previously said anyone interested in doing so can get an application and pay a $15 filing fee at the Clerk and Recorder’s Office.
So far no one has filed to run to represent Ward 1. A write-in candidate can also file for that election.
A primary election is set for Sept. 10. According to a resolution the City Council passed July 15, the general election for either seat will be cancelled if either seat remains uncontested following the Sept. 3 deadline.
