Lafayette’s eventual choice for a new city councilmember will draw from a candidate pool reflective of the city’s varying identities: Oil and gas activists, a sitting planning commissioner and multiple committee leaders are among the 10 vying for the seat.
Applicants include Jonathan Bent, Ralph Frid, Mary Henry, Patricia Kelly, Shaun LaBarre, Jennifer Belle Lake, JD Mangat, Julie Marshall, Andrew J. O’Connor and DL Thomas, the city announced Friday.
Whoever is appointed to fill the seat left vacant by Gustavo Reyna’s exit last month will be charged with helping steer decisions on two of the city’s most pressing issues: staving off oil and gas development without the cover of Boulder County’s now-expired drilling moratorium and creating “affordable” housing options that don’t automatically preclude a large portion of its residents.
City Council on Tuesday will narrow the group into an unspecified number of top finalists who will face the board for a series of public interviews later this month.
Officials say the final appointment would be made either Aug. 28 or Sept. 4.
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