Hood River City Council has appointed two council members, Jessica Metta and Tim Counihan, to a subcommittee charged with creating interview questions that will be presented to applicants for the mayor vacancy.

The applicants will be interviewed by city council as the first agenda item for its Sept. 23 meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. in City Hall. Immediately following the interviews, the council will vote to select a mayor to serve through December 2020 — the end of former-mayor Paul Blackburn’s term.