Brisbane city council stalemate to replace council member

5 member city council, 1 member resigned. 4 members remain. The vote to move forward is undetermined, 2 to 2.  According to the article, Council must make an appointment within 60 days from 12/29/12, or default until the November election.   

Examiner.com/Politics/Bruce Balshone, 1/24/13.  "Stalemate in Brisbane - Council vacancy leads to political turmoil."

Council stalemate, probably not a plan for any city

"Four members of the Brisbane City Council have deadlocked over the process to fill a council vacancy left by the sudden departure of veteran councilmember Sepi Richardson just prior to the end of the last year. Brisbane is one of the smaller cities located in northern San Mateo County, just north of South San Francisco, with a population of a little over 4,300 residents.

Richardson, who has served on the council since 1995 with one interruption, resigned with just under a year remaining in her term. Richardson’s former colleagues on the council met earlier this month to discuss how to replace her, either by appointment or Special Election. Fulfilling a council vacancy is not unheard of - Pacifica, San Carlos and Atherton have each had to deal with this problem in recent years.

The Pacifica Council in April 2012 agreed to fill Jim Vreeland, a long time Councilmember, with the selected interim appointee until the next election was held in November 2012, a regularly scheduled election, where the appointee runs for election to complete the remaining two years of the term."  Read more.

Reference -  City of Brisbane.

Posted by Kathy Meeh