Nomination petitions to run for Avon Town Council available beginning Aug. 6
Three of seven council seats will be available in November election
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Nomination petitions for three openings on the Avon Town Council will be available beginning Tuesday, Aug. 6. Petitions can be picked up at the Town Clerk’s Office in the Avon Town Hall at 100 Mikaela Way in Avon.
The deadline for filing the petitions with the Avon Town Clerk is Monday, Aug. 26, by 5 p.m. Candidate information packets, including the nomination petitions, may be picked up between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. A minimum of 10 valid signatures from registered voters in the town of Avon are required on the petition to appear on the ballot.
Voters will select three members to the Town Council on Nov. 5. The three seats that become vacant are held by Amy Phillips, who is term-limited, and Lindsay Hardy and Russell ‘RJ’ Andrade, who are finishing their first term and are eligible to run a second term. The terms of the remaining Town Council members, Tamra Underwood, Ruth Stanley, Chico Thuon and Rich Carroll, run to November 2026.
Town Council compensation is addressed in the Avon Municipal Code, Chapter 2.04.10, and states that as of Dec. 11, positions will receive the following: Councilors will receive a $750 monthly salary, mayor pro tem will receive a $1,125 monthly salary, and the mayor will receive $1,500 monthly salary. The mayor and mayor pro tem are elected from among the Council members, and each serves a two-year term.
Town elections are nonpartisan. Per the town’s charter, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the general election will serve four-year terms. To be eligible for election, candidates must be 18 years of age or older on the date of the election, a citizen of the United States, a qualified elector, and have resided within the town of Avon for a minimum of one year immediately preceding said election.
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The Nov. 5 election will be conducted as a mail ballot election and is being coordinated with the Eagle County Clerk & Recorder’s Office. Town of Avon offices will serve as a Voter Service and Polling Center for the election. Voter eligibility and registration information may be accessed through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office at http://www.GoVoteColorado.com. Please contact Avon Town Clerk Miguel Jauregui Casanueva at MJauregui@Avon.org or 970-0748-4001 or visit http://www.Avon.org for Avon’s election information.
For general election information contact the Eagle County Clerk’s Office at 970-328-8715 or by email at Elections@EagleCounty.us.
