Ferguson isn鈥檛 giving its residents too much time to apply for a vacant city council seat.
, it left a vacancy for a Ward 2 seat that isn鈥檛 up for election until 2018. The city says residents have until 5 p.m. on Friday to apply for the position.
Ferguson鈥檚 charter states that councilmembers other than the mayor will fill Fletcher鈥檚 vacancy. If someone isn鈥檛 appointed to the seat within 30 days, the mayor gets to pick Fletcher鈥檚 replacement.
The person who succeeds Fletcher on the council will serve out a term that ends in April 2018. A city press release suggested that interested applicants
Before being elected to the council last year, Fletcher served two terms as Ferguson鈥檚 mayor. He defeated Bob Hudgins in a contest for an open seat, one of three city council contests that gained national attention in the wake of Michael Brown鈥檚 shooting death.
