Filing for candidates in the Municipal Election began being accepted at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, December 15.

A news release from Johnson County Clerk Diane Thompson says Larry Purcell filed for the one five-year seat on the Western Missouri Medical Center Board of Trustees.

Three four-year spots are open for the Johnson County Community Health Board, and eight persons filed to run: Iris A. McQuain; Donna J. Stewart; James Williams; Noah Harness; Megan Jaegar; Justin Johnston; Corky Burgin; and Rick Edwards.

Ernie Wilson also filed to run for a two-year term as Alderman At Large in Chilhowee.

However, nobody filed on the first day for Johnson County Ambulance District Board seats- Sub-District 1 for a three-year term or Sub-District 4 for a three-year term; the Southeast Sewer District Supervisor, a five-year term; one trustee for a five-year term for the Blackwater Reorganized Common Sewer District Board; or for the City of Centerview two Aldermen At Large two-year terms (the Centerview City Clerk will take filings by appointment).

All other entities with board members up for election will take their own filings, to include all other cities, school boards, fire districts and water districts.

The filing deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, 2021. The Municipal Election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.