EASTVALE: Process to Fill DeGrandpre’s Council Seat

On July 9, 2014, members of the City Council voted to appoint the remaining two-year term left vacant with the resignation of Councilmember Jeff DeGrandpre. The schedule for the appointment process is outlined below:

• Application Period: Any registered voter living within the City of Eastvale may download an Application for City Council Vacancy from the City’s website at www.eastvaleca.gov or can pick up an application packet from Eastvale City Hall beginning at noon on July 10, 2014. Applicants must submit a signed application as well as a completed Form 700 to Eastvale City Hall by noon on July 24, 2014. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE TIME-STAMPED WHEN RECEIVED – NO LATE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED IF STAMPED AFTER 12:00 PM ON JULY 24, 2014.
  
• Special Meeting of the City Council: All applicants who have submitted complete applications by the 12:00 p.m. July 24, 2014 deadline will be interviewed at a Special Meeting of the City Council on Wednesday, August 6, 2014. The Special Meeting will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room at Rosa Parks Elementary School, 13830 Whispering Hills Drive. Candidate names will be drawn at random. Each candidate will be allowed a 2-minute statement, and then will be asked a set of pre-determined questions. Candidates waiting to be interviewed will be asked to remain in a separate room until their name is chosen, as to not give an unfair advantage. Once all candidates have been interviewed, members of the City Council will vote on the appointment. If a candidate is successfully chosen on August 6, 2014, that candidate will be sworn in and seated as a member of City Council that night.
• General Election November 4, 2014: If a candidate had previously filed nomination documents to run in the November 4, 2014 General Election, and is appointed to fill the remaining 2-year term for this current vacancy, the candidate will be required to withdraw their candidacy with the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters by August 8, 2014 and will NOT be considered as a candidate in the November 4, 2014 General Election.

If you have any questions, please contact the City of Eastvale City Clerk’s Office at (951) 361-0900.

View the following attachments:
- Application for City Council Vacancy
- Ralph M. Brown Act Summary
- Statement of Economic Interest – Form 700 (MUST be submitted with application)