GLADSTONE — After deliberating how to handle the vacancy on the Gladstone City Council following the April 8 municipal election, in which winning candidate Molly Gibson was later deemed ineligible under Missouri state law due to unpaid city taxes, the council moved to make an appointment May 12. .Based on legal guidance, the council concluded Gibson couldn’t be seated.

The council made the decision to appoint Cameron Nave, the current chair of the Gladstone Planning Commission for the year-long vacancy until the April 2026 election.

Nave was an active participant in Gladstone: Shaping Our Future, a citizen-led strategic planning initiative.

An interview with Nave will be in a coming issue of the Gladstone Dispatch.