Kira Erickson reports in the South Whidbey Record about the Langley City Council.
A meeting of the Langley City Council that was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 3 has been postponed, due to a lack of proper public notice…
This is the second time within the span of a month that the city has had to cancel a meeting that wasn’t properly noticed. An executive session that was scheduled for March 13 also had to be postponed to the end of a regular council meeting on March 20. Although executive sessions are not open to the public, a notice of the meeting still needs to be provided to the public and the newspaper.
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They Said It
Mayor Scott Chaplin sent out a message Monday morning about the meeting’s cancellation. Although it had been posted at kiosks outside of city hall and the post office and sent to the newspaper, he said, the agenda did not get posted online to the city’s website.
Ed. Note: The meeting has been rescheduled for Mon., Apr. 10.
On the Ballot in November 2023
| CITY OF LANGLEY |
| City Council: Two of five council positions are on the ballot. Position 3: Thomas E. Gill The Whidbey News-Times reported on May 5, 2023 that Christopher Carlson, the chairperson of the Langley Finance and Personnel Commission, will run for this seat. On Tue., May 16, Kay Kenneweg filed to run for this seat as well. Position 4: Craig Cyr Councilman Cyr filed to run for re-election on Mon., May 15. Mayor Chaplin filed to run for this seat on Fri., May 19. |
| Mayor: Scott Chaplin. Mayor Chaplin was appointed after the resignation of Tim Callison. This election will be for the remainder of Chaplin’s term, which ends Dec. 31, 2023, and the succeeding four-year full term, which ends Dec. 31, 2027. In April 2023, Chaplin announced that he would not run to retain his seat. Councilman Thomas Gill filed his intention to run for mayor with the Public Disclosure Commission on May 6, 2023. Kennedy Horstman, a member of the city’s Dismantling Systemic Racism Advisory Group, announced her intention to run and filed with the PDC on May 12, 2023. |
