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City Of Richland Announces Applicants For Vacant City Council Position - 01/16/26

The City of Richland has received 24 applications from the following individuals seeking appointment to fill the vacant City Council Position No. 4:

 

Chrystyanna VanDyke

Leisa Moore

Andrew Rice

Todd Samuel

Anna Tadlock

Kyle Palmer

Britton Creer

Colleen Lane

Michael Shane Thorson

Anthony Sharpe

Heidi Mortensen

Kyle Saltz

Ragan Faylor

Pete Rogalsky

Nathaniel C. Davis

Devin Sutherland

Nathan Miller

Roy Keck

Samantha Mason

Kurt Schweiger

Mary Lipton

Eileen Harbertson

Edward Munoz

Colin Michael

 

More information on each applicant can be found at richlandwa.gov/bccvacancies.

 

The application period closed on Friday, January 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

 

The Richland City Council will review all applications during an executive session following the City Council meeting on January 20, 2026, at which time they will determine which candidates will advance to the interview portion of the process.

 

In-person interviews will be conducted during a special meeting on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, held prior to the regularly scheduled City Council workshop. The interviews will be open to the public but will not be broadcast. Following the interviews, the City Council will deliberate in a closed executive session as allowed by RCW 42.30.110(h). Should Council desire to take final action to appoint a candidate as authorized by the Richland City Charter, that action will occur immediately following the executive session. The regular City Council workshop will follow and will be broadcast as normal.

 

The candidate appointed to City Council Position No. 4 will be sworn in at the regular City Council meeting on February 3, 2026.

Per the Richland City Charter, the individual appointed will serve until the candidate elected in the November 3, 2026, General Election takes office.

 

Additional details, including meeting agendas and times, will be posted on the City’s website at www.richlandwa.gov/agendas.

 

For more information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 509-942-7389.

City Of Richland Announces Applicants For Vacant City Council Position - 01/16/26

The City of Richland has received 24 applications from the following individuals seeking appointment to fill the vacant City Council Position No. 4:

 

Chrystyanna VanDyke

Leisa Moore

Andrew Rice

Todd Samuel

Anna Tadlock

Kyle Palmer

Britton Creer

Colleen Lane

Michael Shane Thorson

Anthony Sharpe

Heidi Mortensen

Kyle Saltz

Ragan Faylor

Pete Rogalsky

Nathaniel C. Davis

Devin Sutherland

Nathan Miller

Roy Keck

Samantha Mason

Kurt Schweiger

Mary Lipton

Eileen Harbertson

Edward Munoz

Colin Michael

 

More information on each applicant can be found at richlandwa.gov/bccvacancies.

 

The application period closed on Friday, January 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

 

The Richland City Council will review all applications during an executive session following the City Council meeting on January 20, 2026, at which time they will determine which candidates will advance to the interview portion of the process.

 

In-person interviews will be conducted during a special meeting on Tuesday, January 27, 2026, held prior to the regularly scheduled City Council workshop. The interviews will be open to the public but will not be broadcast. Following the interviews, the City Council will deliberate in a closed executive session as allowed by RCW 42.30.110(h). Should Council desire to take final action to appoint a candidate as authorized by the Richland City Charter, that action will occur immediately following the executive session. The regular City Council workshop will follow and will be broadcast as normal.

 

The candidate appointed to City Council Position No. 4 will be sworn in at the regular City Council meeting on February 3, 2026.

Per the Richland City Charter, the individual appointed will serve until the candidate elected in the November 3, 2026, General Election takes office.

 

Additional details, including meeting agendas and times, will be posted on the City’s website at www.richlandwa.gov/agendas.

 

For more information, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 509-942-7389.