CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – As the application process has begun for those interested in replacing Sena Magill on City Council through the end of the year, Mayor Lloyd Snook tells the Schilling Show the new councilor decision will be made February 21. Snook said the clock starts running January 11 when Magill steps down as state law gives a governing body 45 days to make a replacement decision.

He says while they haven’t nailed down the process past the January 30 application deadline, the plan is releasing a list in time for people to give input or endorse someone at the February 6 meeting. Snook said they’re looking at the February 21 council meeting to name a successor because the clock runs out the 23rd at which point the Circuit Court would make the decision.