{"id":2443178,"date":"2019-04-18T22:16:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T04:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/glenwood-council-selects-jonathan-godes-as-citys-53rd-mayor\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T22:16:01","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T04:16:01","slug":"glenwood-council-selects-jonathan-godes-as-citys-53rd-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/glenwood-council-selects-jonathan-godes-as-citys-53rd-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenwood Council selects Jonathan Godes as city\u2019s 53rd mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.7195685670262\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-304438-865\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Charlie Willman is sworn into the Glenwood Springs City Council Ward 3 seat during Thursday night's council meeting.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie Willman is sworn into the Glenwood Springs City Council Ward 3 seat during Thursday night's council meeting.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Charlie Willman is sworn into the Glenwood Springs City Council Ward 3 seat during Thursday night&#8217;s council meeting.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Tony Hershey is sworn into the at-large council during Thursday night's Glenwood Springs City Council meeting.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Hershey is sworn into the at-large council during Thursday night's Glenwood Springs City Council meeting.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Tony Hershey is sworn into the at-large council during Thursday night&#8217;s Glenwood Springs City Council meeting.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Paula Stepp is sworn into the Ward 4 Glenwood Springs City Council seat to start Thursday night's meeting.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"Paula Stepp is sworn into the Ward 4 Glenwood Springs City Council seat to start Thursday night's meeting.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Paula Stepp is sworn into the Ward 4 Glenwood Springs City Council seat to start Thursday night&#8217;s meeting.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent | Councilman and newly selected Glenwood Springs Mayor Jonathon Godes is congratulated by Shelley Kaup and Rick Voorhees during Thursday night's council meeting.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/04\/swearingin-gpi-041919-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Councilman and newly selected Glenwood Springs Mayor Jonathon Godes is congratulated by Shelley Kaup and Rick Voorhees during Thursday night's council meeting.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Councilman and newly selected Glenwood Springs Mayor Jonathon Godes is congratulated by Shelley Kaup and Rick Voorhees during Thursday night&#8217;s council meeting.<\/strong><br \/>Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/glenwood-council-selects-jonathan-godes-as-citys-53rd-mayor\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/glenwood-council-selects-jonathan-godes-as-citys-53rd-mayor\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A newly seated Glenwood Springs City Council elected Councilman Jonathan Godes on Thursday night to serve as the city\u2019s 53rd mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Outgoing Mayor Michael Gamba could not seek re-election because of term limits, after eight years as the city\u2019s Ward 4 council representative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In accordance with the city\u2019s charter, the people do not elect the mayor of Glenwood Springs, but rather sitting council members every two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">After being sworn in, three newly elected council members \u2014 at-large Councilman Tony Hershey, Ward 3 Councilman Charlie Willman and Ward 4 Councilwoman Paula Stepp \u2014 jumped right into the nominating process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Hershey nominated Ward 2 Councilman Rick Voorhees, Stepp proposed at-large Councilwoman Shelley Kaup, and Willman gave a nod to Godes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">All three accepted their nomination, and the first of three votes was called.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIn this first round we have three votes for Jonathan, two for Shelley and two for Rick,\u201d City Attorney Karl Hanlon read aloud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">With Godes then in the runoff, Council did another round of voting between Kaup and Voorhees to see which of those two would face Godes. Kaup won 4-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI remember a student council election that went this way. I lost,\u201d Hershey quipped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Some have questioned why the city\u2019s seven-member council elects the mayor as opposed to the Glenwood\u2019s roughly 5,200 registered voters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThat leaves us with the top two candidates being Shelley and Jonathan. So, your next ballot should produce a mayor,\u201d Hanlon stated before the final vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">As City Clerk Catherine Fletcher collected each councilor\u2019s final vote, all eyes were on Hanlon and City Manager Debra Figueroa as the two counted the white, paper ballots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere ought to be \u2018Jeopardy\u2019 music playing,\u201d Councilman Steve Davis joked during the final counting process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Then, at 7:16 p.m., Hanlon announced following a 4-3 vote that Godes was elected the 53rd mayor of Glenwood Springs, and that Shelley Kaup would serve as the city\u2019s mayor pro tem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Todd Leahy, the city\u2019s previous mayor pro tem also could not seek re-election because of term limits. Ahead of Godes\u2019 being named mayor and Kaup mayor pro tem, their predecessors had a few, final remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cJust make the right decisions for Glenwood. Leave all of your national stuff at home. Leave all of this stuff you see on the TV at home. It doesn\u2019t belong here,\u201d Leahy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Added Gamba, \u201cIn closing, I would just like to say I am honored and humbled to be the mayor of our city for the last four years, and I wish the staff and the incoming council the best \u2026 thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:mabennett@postindependent.com\">mabennett@postindependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/glenwood-council-selects-jonathan-godes-as-citys-53rd-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlie Willman is sworn into the Glenwood Springs City Council Ward 3 seat during Thursday night&#8217;s council meeting.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Tony Hershey is sworn into the at-large council during Thursday night&#8217;s Glenwood Springs City Council meeting.Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent Paula Stepp is sworn into the Ward 4 Glenwood Springs City Council seat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2443178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 00:52:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2443178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2443178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2443178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2443178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2443178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}