The next mayor of Peosta will be decided via a special election after residents acted quickly to keep City Council members from appointing someone to the role. City officials on Monday received a petition with 138 signatures on it calling for the matter to go to the voters. A special election will be held January 14th. The valid signatures of only 45 Peosta voting-age residents were needed for the special election to be ordered. Whoever is elected to the position will serve the remainder of Larry Mescher’s term, which ends in November 2021. Mescher resigned in late October and the city council refused to let him rescind an emailed resignation.
