Seven Applied For Plymouth Council Ward 2 Vacancy

Seven have applied to fill the vacancy in Ward 2 on the Plymouth City Council.

Those who have submitted applications as of the Oct. 5 deadline include: Ned Carroll, Sandra Gilbert, Terry Jaffoni, James Kovach, Melissa Musliner, Kristin Tollison and Jeffry Wosje.

Carroll is the current Chair of the Plymouth Park Commission.

Jaffoni previously served on the Plymouth Environmental Quality Committee and the Planning Commission. He also ran for the At-Large council seat in 2010.

Kovach previously served on the Plymouth Housing and Redevelopment Authority and ran for the Ward 2 Council seat in 2006.

Musliner previously served on the Plymouth Park Commission and ran for the Ward 2 Council seat in 2006.

Wosje is the current Chair of the Plymouth Authority on Transit Committee.

Gilbert and Tollison have not been on any city commissions and committees or run for the council before.

Former Ward 2 councilmember Kathleen Murdock had to resign when she discovered that in order to get her benefits after retiring from her job with Hennepin County she would also have to terminate all PERA employment to get a pension.

Applications will be reviewed and the council will choose Ward 2 finalists Tuesday, Oct. 11, and interview the finalists Tuesday, Oct. 18. An official appointment for the next Ward 2 council member will be that evening or on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

The new member will not finish out the full term, but instead be in it until next election season in 2012. Then voters will elect a candidate to serve the remaining two years of the term.