{"id":29862,"date":"2024-01-07T01:27:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T08:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/four-city-council-seats-open-for-upcoming-municipal-election\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:05:48","slug":"four-city-council-seats-open-for-upcoming-municipal-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/four-city-council-seats-open-for-upcoming-municipal-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Four City Council seats open for upcoming municipal election"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cortez will have an election June 8 to ask voters to opt out of state telecommunication law SB 152. (Journal file photo)<\/span>Journal file photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Four Cortez City Council seats are available in the upcoming municipal election on April 2. Nomination packets are available at City Hall, and packets became available on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n

The election will fill the four seats that are up for term, and the election winners will take office April 23.<\/p>\n

Three seats will be for four-year terms, and one will be for two years.<\/p>\n

The seats that are up for election are held by Mayor Rachel Medina and Mayor Pro-tem Arlina Yazzie, both of whom were elected in 2020 for four-year terms. The other seats are held by Councilor Robert Dobry, who was elected in 2022 for a two-year term, and Councilor David Rainy, who was also elected in 2020.<\/p>\n

Newly elected councilors will join Mathew Keefauver, Lydia DeHaven and Dennis Spruell, all elected in 2022 for four-year terms.<\/p>\n

Petitions and Certificate of nomination forms can be picked up at the City Clerk\u2019s office at 123 Roger Smith Ave. in Cortez between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n

Completed certificates and petitions must be filed in the City Clerk\u2019s office no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22.<\/p>\n

For information, contact the City Clerk\u2019s office at 970-564-4008 or email lsmith@cortezco.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other election information can be found online<\/a> at www.cortezco.gov\/248\/9267\/Elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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