Seven candidates are being considered as the successor for Butler City Councilman Richard Schontz, who is resigning from his council post July 29 for family reasons.

Greg Sasse, Jeff Smith, Kenny Bonus, Elvira Grenci, Rick Zitalone, Matt McCune and Bill Criley have submitted letters of interest to fill the position.

“Every one of them is qualified and good,” said Mayor Tom Donaldson. “I could work with every one of them based on the little bit I know about each one of them.”