Oak Creek Council Will Decide On Interim Mayoral Plan Tuesday

The Oak Creek Common Council will decide how to temporarily fill the office of mayor when it meets Tuesday night for the first time since the death of Mayor Dick Bolender.

The council will begin the meeting by addressing Bolender's death and approving a resolution honoring his service to the city.

Then aldermen will decide their next course of action regarding the mayoral seat. City officials had to research the municipal code to determine the city’s succession plan and will present multiple options to the council.

Those options are believed to include:

• Appointing an alderman;
• Appointing a past elected official;
• opening up an application process for all Oak Creek residents.

The plan they choose will be in effect though the April elections. The general election will be held on April 3, after a Feb. 21 primary, and a new mayor will be sworn in for a three-year term shortly thereafter. (For more on the mayoral election, )

Common Council President Steve Scaffidi has been serving as acting mayor since Monday.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at , 8640 S. Howell Ave.