Ward 4 seat declared vacant, Mayor has 30 days to nominate a repacement

City Council unanimously approved declaring Ward 4, Seat 2 vacant due to the recent resignation of Councilor Vickie Beyer at Monday’s regular City Council meeting. Mayor Craig Henderson, who occupies Seat 1 of Ward 4, has the “privilege to nominate” Beyer’s replacement within 30 days from the day the council declared the seat vacant, said City Attorney David Widdoes. Henderson will submit his recommendation at the May 3rd or May 17th City Council meeting, at which time the nominee must be approved by a majority of the Council to take the vacant seat. Beyer resigned after her son, Mark Lawson, was named the City’s Economic Development Director.

Parks Director Jody Baker reported that construction has begun on the ADA-inclusive Liberty Park playground upgrade that was part of last year’s GO Bond. Baker said that the equipment has been delivered and that workers are beginning to level the site, but that this is one of the “most complex playgrounds” Sapulpa has built, and that construction will take longer than that of a typical playground. Installation was expected to start on Tuesday and will be finished in about a month. For more information on the park, please see the story on page A6.