Election: Filing period for municipal seats ends this week

The filing period for a number of municipal govern­ment seats throughout Carter County will begin Monday and last through Wednesday. The election for contested seats is scheduled to take place Apr. 2.

The City of Dickson has Seat 1 and Seat 4 up for election and both are four-year terms. The City of Healdton also has two seats up for election. Both Ward 3 and Ward 4 are three­-year terms. The City of Ratliff City is an open seat, which has a four-year term.

Springer will have four offices to be decided. Voters will elect two trustees with four-year terms, a trustee with a two-year term and the clerk/treasurer, which is a four-year term.

Wilson has three seats to be decided in April. Ward 2 and Ward 4 are four-year terms and Ward 3, which is an unexpired two-year term.

The City of Lone Grove will also have an election in April for an open seat, which is a four-year term but the filing period will not be until March.