{"id":2445135,"date":"2019-06-09T21:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspens-new-city-council-to-be-sworn-in-monday-night\/"},"modified":"2019-06-09T21:36:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T03:36:00","slug":"aspens-new-city-council-to-be-sworn-in-monday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/aspens-new-city-council-to-be-sworn-in-monday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspen\u2019s new city council to be sworn in Monday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.5767441860465\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-307641-560\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Mayoral candidate Torre smiles while at Squirm Night on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Aspen City Hall.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"11\">\n<p><strong>Mayoral candidate Torre smiles while at Squirm Night on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Aspen City Hall.<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5.jpg\" alt=\"Mayoral candidate Torre smiles while at Squirm Night on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Aspen City Hall.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Aspen City Council candidate Rachel Richards speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Aspen City Council candidate Rachel Richards speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen City Council candidate Rachel Richards speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times | Aspen City Council candidate Skippy Mesirow speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Aspen City Council candidate Skippy Mesirow speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.<\/strong><br \/>Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/06\/squirmcouncil-atd-032219-5-2.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen City Council candidate Skippy Mesirow speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/aspens-new-city-council-to-be-sworn-in-monday-night\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/aspens-new-city-council-to-be-sworn-in-monday-night\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The dawn of a new era in Aspen politics will emerge Monday evening when a new City Council is sworn in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Council members elect <a id=\"N0x1a23300N0x1a8c4f0:N0x1a23300N0x18eb958\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/aspen-city-council-skippy-mesirow-rachel-richards-win-seats\/\">Rachel Richards and Skippy Mesirow<\/a> will take the place of incumbents Bert Myrin and Adam Frisch, who served four and eight years, respectively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Frisch, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor this past winter, is term limited as a council member. Myrin lost his bid for a second, four-year term in the <a id=\"N0x1a23300N0x1a8c550:N0x1a23300N0x18eba78\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/election\/aspen-voters-leaning-toward-changing-municipal-election\/\">historic March election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\"><a id=\"N0x1a23300N0x1a8c5b0:N0x1a23300N0x18ebb50\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/torre-is-aspens-newest-mayor\/\">Torre<\/a>, who finally won the mayor\u2019s seat after six attempts in the past two decades, will be sworn in Monday night. He replaces three-term mayor Steve Skadron, who also is term-limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The three new elected officials will join current council members Ward Hauenstein and Ann Mullins, who both have two years left on their terms. Mullins also ran for mayor this past winter but lost to Torre in a contentious April runoff election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Council members elect and current council members spent part of Friday in an orientation session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Richards and Torre have both served on council previously; Richards both in the capacity as council member and mayor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Mesirow, who lost his bid for a council seat in 2017, most recently was a member and chairperson of the city\u2019s planning and zoning commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The current council is expected to take one <a id=\"N0x1a23300N0x1a8c610:N0x1a23300N0x18ebeb0\" href=\"https:\/\/d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net\/cityofaspen\/38ad4113-2a35-11e9-b021-0050569183fa-c00eeb57-b7db-4763-8c17-174415a9ced9-1559850735.pdf\">final vote<\/a> Monday night before leaving office. It is an ordinance that bans the sale of all flavored nicotine products, both tobacco and e-cigarette form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Business in front of the new council is to consider guideline changes to the Aspen-Pitkin County Housing Authority rules and choosing a mayor pro-tem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The council meeting begins at 5 p.m. in the basement of City Hall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:Csackariason@aspentimes.com\">Csackariason@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/aspens-new-city-council-to-be-sworn-in-monday-night\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayoral candidate Torre smiles while at Squirm Night on Thursday, March 21, 2019, at Aspen City Hall.Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times Aspen City Council candidate Rachel Richards speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall on Feb. 7, 2019.Anna Stonehouse\/The Aspen Times Aspen City Council candidate Skippy Mesirow speaking at the Squirm Night at City Hall [&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-2445135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 12:28:05","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\/2445135","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=2445135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2445135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2445135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2445135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}