The Hillsdale City Council passed a resolution on Dec. 16 to hold a special election on May 6 to fill the vacancies in Wards 2 and 3.
The special election will fill the empty seats from Scott Sessions, who left Ward 3 when elected mayor in November, and Councilwoman Ruth Brown, who stepped down from Ward 2 in December.
Those running for Ward 3 include Bruce Sharp and Larry Walworth, but there are no candidates for Ward 2.
Sharp and Walworth will both appear on the ballot in May since they completed petitions with 25 signatures from those in their respective wards and were registered voters by Jan. 21. While there was one petition for the vacancy in Ward 2, it did not meet these requirements.
Mayor Sessions hopes some will still consider running for Ward 2 by turning in a petition for write-in candidacy by April 25.
“It is very important that we fill the positions in both wards, or we will have to have another special election,” Sessions said.
If the Ward 2 seat is not filled after May 6, another special election will most likely be held in August.
