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CITY, ND – (NewsDakota.com) A group led by Janis Clark Klein successfully gathered the necessary signatures to have the city commission call for a special election to fill out the remaining two year term of former mayor Bob Werkhoven who resigned last month.

City Auditor Avis Richter says petitioners handed in the necessary signatures yesterday.  She says the city commission will officially approve a resolution calling for a special election on June 7th.

Richter says for any Valley City resident who wants to run for mayor they’ll have to circulate a petition and get 131 signatures starting June 13th to be on the September 15th special election ballot.

Pending city commission approval, the special election is tentatively set for Thursday, September 15th.

Meanwhile, Commission President Mayor Matt Pedersen is serving as the interim Mayor of Valley City.