Friday, September 7, 2001
Friday, September 7, 2001 |
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Qualifying this week only for PTC mayor, city council positions By JOHN
MUNFORD
Let the games begin. Qualifying for the upcoming City Council elections in Peachtree City begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. Prospective candidates will have until Friday at 4:30 p.m. to file qualification papers with the city and pay qualifying fees. Up for grabs are the mayor's seat and two posts on the City Council which are currently occupied by Carol Fritz and Steve Rapson. The two announced mayoral candidates are Steve Brown and Fred Wellman. Councilman Dan Tennant, who was considering a run for mayor, announced this week that he will instead retain his seat on council. Mayor Bob Lenox cannot run again due to term limits. Rapson has indicated he will seek election to his council seat; he was appointed in March to fill the unexpired term of long-time councilman Robert Brooks. Fritz has not yet announced whether she will seek a second term on council. Several others have declared their intentions to run: municipal attorney Murray Weed, who will seek Fritz's post, and former Peachtree City Clerk Nancy Faulkner, who will seek Rapson's seat. Qualifying fees are set at three percent of the position's annual salary, which equals $270 for the mayor's post and $180 each for the two council posts. Each position holds a four-year term. Candidates must be at least 21 years old, a resident of Peachtree City for at least six months and registered to vote in the upcoming election. The voter registration deadline for the Nov. 6 election is October 9. Candidates may have a designated person file their qualification paperwork as long as the documents have been signed and notarized by the candidate, noted City Public Information Officer Betsy Tyler. Persons wishing to be write-in candidates must apply during the qualification period and they must also publish a notice in the city's legal organ of their intent to seek office as a write-in candidate, Tyler said. The notice must be published before the qualifying period expires, she added. Write-in candidates do not have to pay qualifying fees, but their names will not be listed on the ballot, Tyler said.
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