The city election is scheduled Nov. 8 with a preliminary election on Sept. 27 if necessary.
Westfield City HallWESTFIELD – The city’s local election season will officially kick off April 4 when nomination papers for various elected seats will become available.
City Clerk Karen M. Fanion has released the municipal election schedule that will lead up to city elections on Nov. 8.
All municipal elected seats will be up for grabs ranging from mayor to Westfield Athenaeum trustee, Fanion said.
Candidates can secure nomination papers from the City Clerk’s office beginning at 9 a.m. on April 4 and must return them with the necessary 60 signatures of registered voters by Aug. 9. A lottery drawing for ballot positions, for the scheduled Sept. 27 preliminary election if necessary, will be held on Aug. 30.
Mayor Daniel M. Knapik officially announced his re-election bid March 1 and several City Council members has since said they are candidates for re-election.
Those include president Christopher Keefe, who represents Ward 1. Others include at-large members Brian P. Sullivan and John J. Beltrandi III. Ward 3 Councilor Peter J. Miller Jr.; Mary L. O’Connell, Ward 4 and Christopher M. Crean, Ward 6 are also seeking re-election.
Three of the six elected seats on the School Committee are up for election on Nov. 8. Those are currently held by School Committee vice chairman Mary Beth Ogulewicz Sacco, Mary Ann Cleland and Kevin J. Sullivan.
All six elected seats on the Municipal Light Board are also up for election this year. They include the Ward 3 seat held by the late William E. Buzzee who died in January.
Utility commissioners will meet in joint session with the City Council shortly to fill the remaining nine-months of Buzzee’s term. Three residents, Jane C. Wensley, Brian Hoose and John M. Callahan submitted letters on intent to seek the vacant seat by the March 4 deadline. Wensley was an unsuccessful candidate for Ward 3 in the 2007 municipal election.