CORINTH — Mayor Pro Tem Joe Harrison canceled an executive session discussion slated for the end of the City Council’s regular meeting Thursday, saying “there was nothing to discuss” in relation to the Place 1 vacancy.

The seat became vacant in May when Paul Ruggiere won the mayoral race halfway through his second term on the Corinth council. Ruggiere was absent from Thursday’s meeting.

The council’s agenda has had the item listed on the executive session agenda for five consecutive meetings since May 21.

Neither Harrison nor interim City Manager Jim Berzina would confirm any names being considered other than Sherry Schneider, who challenged Jim Mayfield’s re-election bid this spring, but lost.

Berzina said the council had advertised the vacancy, encouraging people who are interested in serving to contact a council member directly.

The process was meant to give individual council members a chance to visit with potential candidates and compare notes, Berzina said, so a consensus might emerge and then nominations could move to open session.

The city charter specifies only that the council may nominate a replacement. The charter has no deadline to fill the vacancy.

PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE can be reached at 940-566-6881. Her e-mail address is pheinkel-wolfe@dentonrc.com .