Filing for the Lee&#x92;s Summit City Council, municipal judge and R-7 School Board seats has drawn to a close, and until the very last minute, the last day was a quiet one. </p><p>At 5 p.m. &#x93;on the dot&#x94; Paul Dewalt filed for the District 3 city council seat. He will be running against another District 3 newcomer, Derek Holland. The sitting council member, Joe Spallo, could not run again due to term limits. </p><p>Prior to Dewalt, no candidate had filed at City Hall since Rob Binney came in Jan. 12 to file for the District 1 City Council seat. And prior to that, no one had filed since the very first day of filing on Dec. 13. </p><p>Candidates that will appear on the April 3 ballot for city officials &#x96; barring any eligibility problems not known at this time &#x96; are:</p><p>District 1 </p><p>- Rob Binney</p><p>- Robert Dye</p><p>- Jacquelyn Gates</p><p>- Wesley Veasman</p><p>District 2</p><p>- Allan Gray, incumbent</p><p>District 3</p><p>- Derek Holland</p><p>- Paul Dewalt</p><p>District 4</p><p>- Bob Johnson, incumbent</p><p>Municipal judge</p><p>-James Tobin, incumbent. </p><p>No one challenges R-7 incumbents</p><p>The Lee&#x92;s Summit R-7 School District Board of Education filing deadline came and went Jan. 17 with no new candidates having filed since the two incumbents up for re-election did so on the opening day for filings. The incumbents, Ron Baker and Patti Buie, both filed for new three-year terms on Dec. 20. The filing deadline was 5 p.m. Jan. 17.</p><p>&#x93;I don&#x92;t know,&#x94; Baker said when asked about the lack of April election competition. &#x93;I would guess people are reasonably happy with the way things are going in the school district and that they don&#x92;t feel a need to volunteer their time.&#x94; Baker, who said he spends 20 to 40 hours a week on school board issues, will be serving his second term. He retired in 2001 after a 36-year career with the R-7 district, during which he taught science and served as the district&#x92;s first secondary science department chairman and first energy manager.</p><p>Buie, who has served on the board since 2000, including three years as its president, will be serving her fourth term. A homemaker and mother of two Lee&#x92;s Summit North High School graduates, she earned a degree in child and family development/early childhood education from the University of Missouri. She previously worked as an R-7 substitute teacher and in medical transcription.