City Of Wauwatosa's Alderperson Heather Kuhl Resigns

Press release from the City of Wauwatosa:

October 14, 2020

Alderperson Heather Kuhl resigned on October 14, 2020. She represented District 5 in Wauwatosa. Read her resignation letter.

We will share more details on the nomination process, application, and deadlines soon. Below is a general summary of our code of ordinances related to an alderperson vacancy.

When an alderperson resigns, an aldermanic nomination committee of five current council members will be formed. The City of Wauwatosa will announce the alderperson vacancy and ask Wauwatosa residents who live in District 5 to apply. There is a two-week window for applicants to apply.

No later than two weeks after the close of the application deadline, the aldermanic nomination committee will meet and conduct interviews of the applicants. Interviews of the aldermanic applicants will be videotaped and available to the public. The committee will select an applicant to recommend to the full Common Council.

To allow for public comment and appropriate consideration by alderpersons who are not members of the nomination committee, the Common Council will not vote to fill any aldermanic vacancy unless at least seven days have elapsed since the nomination committee has selected an application to recommend to the council.

The Common Council will select one of the applicants for the vacancy by a majority vote. It is not bound to follow the nomination committee's recommendation.

This press release was produced by the City of Wauwatosa. The views expressed here are the author’s own.