A longtime council member and a former city manager have filed for two of three seats that will be open on the Poplar Bluff City Council in April.
Current Ward 5 representative Robert Smith filed Tuesday morning at city hall to run again for the seat that he was first elected to in 2002.
Filing for one of two open at-large seats was former city manager Mark Massingham, according to city clerk Lori Phelps. Massingham retired from the city in 2020, after 30 years of public service. Massingham has also previously served on the city council.
In addition to Smith, terms are expiring for at-large council embers Steve Davis and Chris Taylor.
Filing opened Tuesday for municipal and school races which will be determined April 4.
File remains open until 5 p.m. Dec. 27.
Terms will expire on the Twin Rivers School Board for Jeff Arnold, Billy Watson and Josh Johnson. Arnold and Watson have both said they will not seek new terms.
John Scott, Jerrod Murphy and Michael Price are up for re-election on the Poplar Bluff School Board.
Candidates for office must be 21 years of age; a citizen of the United States; a qualified voter; an inhabitant of the city or district they wish to serve in for one year; an inhabitant of the city ward for which he or she seeks office for one year and if elected, must continue to live in that ward or district throughout his or her term. No one who is in arrears for any tax lien, forfeiture or defalcation in office can be elected.
Persons wishing to file city council may do so at the Office of the City Clerk, 501 Vine St., Poplar Bluff between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the last day of filing, Dec. 27.
For more information call the city clerk at 573-686-8620 during regular business hours.
Filings for school boards are being taken at district central offices.