Politics & Government
Final Interviews Tuesday For Vacant Lafayette City Council Seat
The field has been narrowed from six to three candidates. Listen live online as they are questioned.
LAFAYETTE, CA — One round of interviews last week wasn't enough to find consensus on who should replace Cameron Burks on the Lafayette City Council.
So the remaining four members will hold another special meeting Tuesday, with the three candidates they decided worthy of another go-round.
Burks resigned June 29, citing family reasons, more than three years before his term was up. Half the field of six was eliminated last week.
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Planning commissioner and lawyer Farschad Farzan, green tech executive and activist Wei-Tai Kwok, and planning commissioner and former Presidio Trust director and Mills College vice president Karen Maggio will appear virtually Tuesday, to answer more question and hopefully create some separation
The council will again meet beforehand to discuss interview questions and procedures before spending 30 minutes interviewing each of the applicants.
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The winner would hold the office until the next scheduled council election in 2022, when they could run again.
It wasn't the first time Burks tendered a resignation to the council. In 2019, he resigned from his post as Lafayette's mayor in a surprise move he attributed to having a new job he was balancing with being a father and husband. He stayed on to finish his council term, then successfully ran for re-election in 2020.
The Lafayette City Council meets virtually at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday and can be seen at the city's YouTube channel.
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