Council must appoint mayor

No one in Odessa has filed to run for mayor in the November election. So what happens now? Councilwoman Lois Hubbard went to the Lincoln County Auditor’s office for the answer. Since no one filed for the office in either the initial filing period or the special additional filing period, the office will not even be on the November ballot. Therefore, there is also no possibility for a write-in candidate to be elected.

Once current mayor Doug Plinski has concluded his final day as mayor on December 31, 2015, it will be up to the town council to appoint a new mayor to take over the job beginning i...