Cambridge city council will make a decision on Tuesday on how it will fill the recent vacancy created by the death of Ward 1 Coun. Donna Reid.
Reid, who was serving her fourth term on council, died on Aug. 13 at Grand River Hospital in Kitchener after a brief illness.
Two days after she died, council declared a vacancy in Ward 1, giving it 60 days to make a decision on how to fill the chair.
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Council will consider two options on how to fill the vacancy: through appointment or through a byelection.
If it chooses to make an appointment, it will have to do so within 60 days, but if council decides to hold a byelection, there will need to be a nomination period before an election is eventually held.
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It has only been a few years since Cambridge leaders were forced to make a similar decision, as a similar situation occurred in 2018 when Frank Monteiro died.
In that case, a byelection was held with just over 1,200 voters turning out to elect Scott Hamilton in Ward 7.
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