St. Pete City Council District 7 Vacancy

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PLEASE NOTE: The information provided below was revised on September 30 to address the impact of Hurricane Ian and remains subject to change. Potential applicants and interested members of the public should monitor this page for updates. Any document, record, or other information submitted to the City by an applicant or other member of the public as part of this process will be subject to Florida law concerning public records and may be publicly disclosed unless confidential or exempt under applicable law.

St. Pete City Council District 7 Vacancy

UPDATE - October, 13, 2022: On Thursday, October 13, 2022, after hearing from six applicants, the St. Petersburg City Council selected John Malone (Muhammad) to be the next Council Member for Council District 7.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20 at 9 a.m. in City Council Chambers.

For Interested Applicants:

The City Council of the City of St. Petersburg has opened the application process to appoint a new Council Member to fill the District 7 vacancy. In order to be considered, an applicant must submit an application through the process identified below. 

Pursuant to the City Charter, the person appointed must have been a resident of District 7 for at least 12 months and must remain a resident of the district throughout the term of office. The City’s redistricting process is currently underway, and the redistricting commission has voted to propose changes to district boundaries—some of which would affect District 7.

This District 7 Map has been prepared to illustrate the impact of the anticipated changes, as follows:

  • The cross-hatched “intersecting area” is currently in the district and is anticipated to remain in the district.  Accordingly, a person living in this area is eligible for appointment and is unlikely to be affected by redistricting.

  • The peach-shaded areas are currently in the district but are anticipated to be removed. A person living in one of these areas is currently eligible for appointment but would likely become ineligible to hold office once the redistricting process is complete (likely in November 2022).

  • The blue-shaded areas are not currently in the district. Accordingly, a person living in one of these areas cannot satisfy the residency requirements described above and is, therefore, ineligible for appointment.

Eligible applicants are required to submit the following information to be considered:

Cover letter explaining why they wish to be appointed
Resume that addresses, at a minimum, education, employment history, any business or professional licenses held, any government boards or committees on which an applicant serves or has served, and participation in civic or charitable organizations
Signed and notarized affidavit concerning eligibility requirements (form listed below)
Florida financial disclosure Form 1 and Form 6 (available below)

 

View Financial Forms Here    Download Affidavit Here

In order to be considered, all materials listed above must be hand-delivered to the City Clerk’s Office located in City Hall at 175 5th St. N.  To address the impact of Hurricane Ian, the deadline to submit applications has been extended to Friday October 4, 2022, at 5:00 PM.In order to be considered, all materials listed above must be hand-delivered to the City Clerk’s Office located in City Hall at 175 5th St. N.  To address the impact of Hurricane Ian, the deadline to submit applications has been extended to Friday October 4, 2022, at 5:00 PM.In order to be considered, all materials listed above must be hand-delivered to the City Clerk’s Office located in City Hall at 175 5th St. N.  To address the impact of Hurricane Ian, the deadline to submit applications has been extended to Friday October 7, 2022, at 5:00 PM.

Public Meeting on October 13

All applicants are invited to participate in a City Council Committee of the Whole meeting to be held in City Council Chambers. To address the impact of Hurricane Ian, that meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, October 13, 2022, at 8:30 AM. Each applicant will have an opportunity to make an opening statement (not to exceed three minutes). Following opening statements, candidates will be asked questions by Council Members. The question period is also expected to include a limited number of questions proposed by the public, as further described below. Applicants will also have an opportunity to make a closing statement (not to exceed three minutes).  

For Public:

St. Pete residents may propose questions to be asked of applicants during the meeting on October 13. Proposed questions should focus on a single subject and should not be candidate-specific. To be considered, questions should be submitted through the following form: Submit Your Question: St. Pete City Council District 7 Vacancy.

To address the impact of Hurricane Ian, the deadline to submit questions has been extended to Friday October 7, 2022, at 5:00 PM.

All questions proposed through the form above will be submitted to Council Members for review and consideration. But due to time constraints, only a limited number of questions may be asked during the meeting. Therefore, proposing a question through the link above does not guarantee that your question will be asked.

If you do not want to propose a question to be asked at October 13 meeting, but wish to make a statement about the appointment process or an applicant, you may send that statement via email to council@stpete.org.