2015 Troy City Council Appointment

12/15/14 UPDATE: Looks like my speculation panned out. Steve Gottlieb was appointed to fill Wade Fleming's term by the Troy City Council at their 12/15/14 meeting. Congratulations Steve!

Below is the original text from the 12/3/14 blog post.

As described in an 11/11/14 article in The Oakland Press, six members of the Troy City Council will be appointing a new City Council person to fill the term of Wade Fleming. Fleming will be resigning at the end of this year after being elected to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners.

After the conclusion of the application process, the City has posted a list of the six finalists for the position. I've re-posted their names below. If you click on the name of any of the six finalists, you can view/print their application paperwork.

The six finalists are:

Steve Gottlieb

Padma Kuppa

Paul McCown

James Peard

Steve Toth

Scott Welborn

The candidates will be interviewed by the City Council at their Regular Meeting on December 15, 2014.

There are several fine candidates on the list. Looking at the policy and political preferences of the current City Council, I'm speculating that Padma Kuppa and Steve Gottlieb are the frontrunners for the appointment.