Council seats open up for election

Three seats on city council are now up for grabs.

By Charles Sercombe
Hamtramck’s election season is about to begin.
The deadline for candidates to file for one of three city council seats or the mayor’s position is next Tuesday (April 20), by 4 p.m.
So far, at the time The Review went press, the following have thrown their hats into the ring: Saad Almasmari and John Ulaj for mayor; and for council, Adam Albarmaki, Amanda Jaczkowski, Lynette Blasey and Cody Lown.
To run for office, you have to be at least 18 years old, and a resident and a registered voter in Hamtramck.
To get an application form, go the city’s website (https://hamtramck.us/) and click on “Clerk” under the Departments tab.
You can either gather 40 valid voter signatures to get on the Aug. 3 Primary Election ballot, or simply pay $100.
The three incumbents up for re-election were Ian Perrotta, Saad Almasmari (who just filled the seat that Andre Karpinski resigned from a few months ago) and Fadel Al-Marsoumi.
With Almasmari running for mayor, that leaves one seat wide open. And on Tuesday, Perrotta announced that he is resigning from council.
Reached on Wednesday afternoon, Al-Marsoumi also told The Review that he will not seek re-election.
“I need to spend more time with my family, and I’m trying to get a promotion at work,” said Al-Marsoumi, who is a sales manager.
So, that leaves the three council seats now open for candidates to vie for.
Mayor Karen Majewski has not yet said whether she will seek another term. If she does, and wins another term, that would make her Hamtramck’s longest serving mayor.
She has been mayor for 15 years thus far.
Posted April 16, 2021