District 3 On Platteville Common Council Still Vacant

The District 3 spot on the Platteville Common Council remains empty after no one expressed interest in serving at this week’s council meeting. Council members hoped to have applicants at their meeting Tuesday night, but the meeting came and went without the emergence of any interested people. It marks the third instance where time has been set aside to interview candidates, only for no candidates to apply or show up. The seat has been vacant since mid-April when District 3 representative Barb Daus moved into the District 2 seat. Council members used the time set aside for interviewing on Tuesday to instead brainstorm ideas for filling the position. According to a report, ideas included sending out targeted mailings to that district advertising the seat and reaching out to the University of Wisconsin-Platteville to gauge interest from students since the campus is in District 3. Council members also proposed finding ways to increase the monetary incentive for the position or simply allowing it to remain open until Daus’ original term ends in April 2024, at which point it will be up for election to a normal three-year term.