Antioch will appoint a new city clerk after Melissa Rhodes resigned on July 30. The City Council voted unanimously on Aug. 12 to appoint a replacement rather than hold a standalone special election. The vacancy must be filled by the end of September, and an appointment will last only until December 2026 because the resignation occurred during the first year of the term. A standalone special election before November 2026 would have cost an estimated $800,000 to nearly $1 million. Several residents favored a special election and greater transparency. Councilmember Donald Freitas urged public candidate presentations and questioning, while Councilmember Tamisha Torres-Walker supported the appointment.
We have these candidates who are interested come before us here in this room, or if there's another facility, and basically allow the council to ask questions, to probe, and to have these individuals state why she or he should be appointed to this position,
It's not unlike what all candidates do with regard to our boards and commissions. The difference is this is a critically important constitutional office at the local level.
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