Area towns, city hold office filings
The filing period for several municipalities across the county was Feb. 1-3. The following towns had some of their seats filled on the councils:
• Cherokee: Ward 1, nobody filed; Ward 3, nobody filed; Commissioner at large – Mayor, Karen Hawkins and Kolby Arnold; City Treasurer, Melissa Colvin.
• Burlington: One Board of Trustees, Jack Davis.
• Byron: One Board of Trustees (four-year term), Caleb Roberts; Town Treasurer, Mindi Clark.
• Carmen: Two Board of Trustees (four-year term), Chris Moore and Bobby Perryman.
• Jet: Two Board of Trustees (four-year term), Jim Blackledge and Pamela Sands; One Board of Trustee (two-year unexpired term), Stephanie L. Carson.
• Goltry: Two Board of Trustees (four-year term), Jamie Coulter, Matthew Meyer, Vernon Sanders Jr, Maera Barney, Cam Pekrul; Board of Trustee (two-year unexpired term), Douglas Buller.
• Helena: Two Board of Trustee (four-year term), Raymond Stonehocker and Alysha Locke Cell.
The election for Cherokee Mayor and Goltry be April 6. Goltry will fill two open seats.