Days after endorsing Mayor Langfelder in the April 4 city election, former mayor Mike Houston is making another pick: Bill McCarty (pictured) for treasurer.

It’s an open seat, because Misty Buscher is running for mayor. McCarty, the city’s budget director, faces treasurer’s employee Colleen Redpath Feger and Lisa Badger.

At a news conference Tuesday morning, Houston said Springfield voters have “a unique opportunity” to elect “someone members of the city council can go and talk to and get the information that, many times, they say they are not getting.”

Adding that McCarty has more expertise and experience than his competitors, Houston added he’s the one who urged McCarty to run.