9 people want to fill 1 S. Tahoe council seat

Nine people have applied for the one South Lake Tahoe City Council seat.

The four council members will interview the candidates Tuesday starting at 9am.

City Clerk Suzie Alessi conducted a random drawing to determine the order of interviews. Applicants will be interviewed in the following order: Howard Bittner, Kathay Lovell, Joan Walthall, Brooke Laine, Bruce Grego, Austin Sass, Billy Crawford, Scott Valentine, and Kay Ogden.

At the start of the Jan. 29 9am meeting, the council will discuss the process in which interviews will be conducted. Interviewing could include a set of questions that all applicants will be asked; or the council may wish to hold more of a “free form” interview process; or any other type of process they agree on.

All applicants will be present in the council chambers, unless the council decides otherwise.

If the council cannot pick a fifth member to fill out the two-year term left on Claire Fortier’s term, the voters would decide June 4.