With Ward 4 council member Mitra Jalali officially leaving city employment on March 8, the St. Paul City Council is accepting applications to fill her seat on an interim basis.
Interested applicants must live in the ward — which spans Hamline-Midway, Merriam Park, St. Anthony Park and parts of Macalester-Groveland and Como — and are expected to agree not to run for the seat in the next election, which will likely be held in August.
Cover letters and resumes are due to the council by 4:30 p.m. on March 13. Candidates will be notified if they’ve been selected for interviews by March 18, and interviews will be conducted March 19. The council will appoint an interim council member March 26.
The winner of the August contest would serve through 2028 as a result of the city’s shift to even-year municipal elections. Members of the city council earn $76,800 annually, plus benefits.
Jalali, who was first elected to the Ward 4 office in a special election in September 2018, served for a year as council president but announced in late January she would step away from the council seat and focus on her health.
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