Newport City Council Applicants

The City of Newport received four applications for its vacant City Council position. The four applicants listed below will be interviewed by City Council for the position. As a reminder, Monday, Sept. 1 is Labor Day, so the City Council meeting will take place the following evening on September 2nd.

• Angel Aparicio, Business owner and auto collision technician in Newport.

• Ashley Bixler, Co-manager of a multi-location, family-owned retail business in Newport. President of Yaquina View & Sam Case Boosters. Current member of City of Newport Budget Committee.

• Mike Kloeck, Grocery manager in Newport. Former Chairperson of the Newport Visual Arts Center Steering Committee. Current member of the City of Newport Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee.

• Sean Watkins, Retired teacher of digital art and former Technical Director at George Mason University's School of Art. Former President of the Sunnyside Neighborhood Association in Portland, Ore.

Candidate interviews are scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 4:00 p.m. during the regularly scheduled City Council Work Session. City Council will deliberate during the Regular Meeting at 6:00 p.m. the same evening. The newly-appointed City Council member is scheduled to be officially sworn in at the Sept. 15 Regular Meeting. The council vacancy occured in May when Ryan Parker resigned. When a City Council vacancy occurs prior to an election, the City Council is charged by the City Charter to appoint a qualified city elector to fill the remainder of the unexpired term. The currently vacated seat will be on the November, 2026 general election ballot.