Smithville Municipal Election to be held in June

The Smithville Municipal Election will be held in June again this year.
Mayor Taft Hendrixson wanted to get the city charter changed to move the city election date from June to August but that will have to wait for now.
A change in the city charter requires approval by the aldermen and the state legislature and Mayor Hendrixson reported to the council during Thursday night’s special meeting that state lawmakers won’t be able to work in that legislation this year. The deadline for filing proposed state legislation was Thursday, January 26. “I talked to State Representative Weaver last Friday. She said it was going to be impossible to get it through. We can go ahead and do it (change the charter) but it won’t apply to this year. We cannot get it through. So as of tomorrow (Friday) I plan to write the election commission a letter and call for a June election. Its about the only thing I can do,” said Mayor Hendrixson.
The city election is set for Tuesday, June 19 to elect a mayor and two aldermen, each to serve a two year term. The election commission is now issuing qualifying petitions to candidates who want to run. The qualifying deadline is March 15.
The positions are currently held by Mayor Taft Hendrixson and Aldermen Cecil Burger and Steve White.