Four Cañon City Council seats will be on the ballot in the November election, but only one has a challenger.
Nomination petitions for the Nov. 2 election were due to the City Clerk at the end of business Monday.
Running unopposed, Mayor Ashley Smith will keep her seat, which is a two-year term.
“I am deeply grateful to our community for working so well through the difficulties of Covid-19 in 2020,” she said. “We are weathering the storm with best-case scenarios. In fact, we’ve been able to steam ahead with our development projects, grant seeking, street building, simplifying codes, making huge shifts toward becoming more business-friendly, and addressing homelessness.”
Although she said there’s still a lot of work to be done, she is looking forward to continuing to lead alongside the city council and Cañon City for the next two years.
The District 1 seat, currently held by Frank Jaquez, who is running to keep his seat on the council, is being challenged by Andrea Stein.
Jaquez served as mayor from 2008 to 2009 and was unseated by Tony Greer in the November 2009 election. Before that, he served as a city councilman for more than five years.
Jaquez was appointed by the council in January 2017 to finish out the term vacated by James Characky, Jr., and then ran for the District 1 seat unopposed in November 2017.
One At-Large seat, currently held by Dolly Gonzales, is being sought by Emily Tracy. Gonzales decided not to run again so that she can focus her efforts on her family and other community efforts.
She currently is forming a Fourth of July committee.
“I have enjoyed watching all the positive developments that have happened over the last four years,” she said. “I feel like we are headed in the right direction as a city. If there is a time to finish my term, now is it.”
The District 3 seat, currently held by John Hamrick, who also is Mayor-Pro Tem, is not being challenged.
In a recently issued press release, Hamrick said he looks forward to continue serving the citizens of Cañon City.
“I am excited to run again as District 3 representative and will work to get the support of Cañon City residents, our elected officials and other groups within the city,” he said.
Some of the achievements of the current council that Hamrick has participated in include ensuring the city creates a “customer-friendly” climate for those who have contact with City Hall and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are spent in a wise and prudent manner, incorporating Cañon City’s burgeoning tech industry into the city’s formal plans for economic development, and setting the stage for future economic development by enacting a new Master Plan, Uniform Development Code, and zoning to promote development along the Arkansas River.
All council representative positions are for four-year terms.
For more information on the upcoming election, visit https://fremontco.com/clerk-and-recorder/elections.
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