Five up for Re-election on Lamar City Council

Five persons on the Lamar City Council are up for re-election this November 3 if they choose to run. Anne-Marie Crampton represents Ward 1 and can run for another four year term. One of the newer council members, Gerry Jenkins, represents Ward 2 and is also facing re-election for a four year term. Beverly Haggard and Felix Dias are from Ward 3. Haggard is up for a four year term if she selects and Dias, who was appointed by Council to fill the position left vacant by Ron Cook, would be up for the remainder of a four year term. That leaves current Mayor, Roger Stagner, who is elected to a two year term and serves as a council member at-large, with no ties to a specific ward district.

All eligible persons wishing to run for Lamar City Council or Mayor may pick up petitions for nominations at the Lamar City Clerk’s office in the City Complex at 102 East Parmenter Street beginning Wednesday, August 5^th through August 25. The deadline for filing petitions with the City Clerk is 4pm that Tuesday. Petitions for Mayor require 25 signatures of citizens within the City limits of Lamar. Petitions for Councilmembers require 25 signatures of citizens within the petitioner’s Ward, 1-2-3.

WARD I: All of that sector of the City being located south of East Olive Street (US Highway 50) and east of South Main Street (US Highway 287) except that portion of the sector being located south of Parkway Drive, north of the Fort Bent Canal, west of Parkview Avenue and east of South Main Street.

WARD II: All of that sector within the City being located north of East Olive Street west of Main Street and east of Eighth Street extended south to intersect the south City limits and extended north to intersect the north City limits. Further, all that sector being located south of Parkway Drive, north of the Fort Bent Canal, west of Parkview Avenue and east of South Main Street. Further, all of that sector north of Washington Street, west of Eighth Street, south of the Lamar Canal and east of 13th Street.

WARD III: All of that sector within the City being located west of Eighth Street and south of Washington Street extended south to intersect the south City limits.

Persons wishing to run for election must be a US citizen and a Lamar resident for one year. No elected official shall hold any other elective public office or be a salaried employee of the City of Lamar. Persons who have been convicted of a felony cannot become a candidate. Contact the Lamar City Clerk at 719-336-1372 for more information.

This link provides a larger pdf map reference of the Ward boundaries:

http://www.ci.lamar.co.us/vertical/sites/%7B56E8FCFD-5F3B-42B1-A514-5555E2C39101%7D/uploads/Ward_Map.pdf