KIMBERLY — Craig Harris is officially out as Kimberly mayor, but his successor and the city council would like some city property back that they say he has.

The council elected Mayor Pro Tem Bob Ellerbrock to replace Harris, whose resignation took effect Sunday.

Ellerbrock’s promotion came during a special called council meeting Monday night. He will serve through the end of the term in November.

Shortly after moving Ellerbrock up, the council discussed a list of items they say Harris still has in his possession, including some that items that appear to belong to the city’s police force. The list includes:

• a laptop computer and printer

• a police radio and a scanner

• a broadband-mobile Internet access card

• police uniforms and accessories

• a police officer’s badge

• a reserve officer’s badge

• police “blue lights” that fit inside the windshield and rear window of a car

• a Nextel two-way radio

Council members weren’t certain why Harris had some of the items, especially those pertaining to police work.

The council voted to send Harris a registered letter requesting the return of the property. If he doesn’t return the items by next Monday, Ellerbrock would then send a police officer to retrieve the property.

“We just want our stuff,” Ellerbrock said.

Efforts to reach Harris for comment were unsuccessful.

In other business, the council heard from two residents who would like fill Ellerbrock’s vacant seat. John W. Richardson, a information technology worker with AT&T, and real estate agent Lance Shivers each spoke to the council briefly.

Shivers currently serves on Kimberly’s planning and zoning board, and Richard­son served previously.

One will be selected by the council in its regular session next Monday. Richardson has already filed to run for an open seat in the coming election, and Shivers said he planned to do so.

(Two seats will be open in the August election: Ellerbrock’s and that of Lowell Holland, who will not seek re-election.)

Harris stepped down because he had moved out of the city limits, and state law forbids him from serving while living outside the city. He did not submit a written resignation, though; the council voted to make his announcement of the resignation in a previous council meeting a part of the record for Monday’s session.

Harris’ departure ends a volatile tenure as Kimberly mayor, to which he was appointed by the council after the resignation of Ralph Lindsey for health reasons.

The council later demanded Harris’ resignation after they discovered he had taken advances on his mayor’s salary, in possible violation of state law. Harris also battled with the council over use of city-owned property.

During his tenure, Harris also became a central figure in a federal bribery investigation, in which he wore a concealed recording device to record several people who allegedly bribed him to keep Kimberly police away from buildings where illegal slot machines were operated. Four people have been charged in that probe so far; the case is now before a grand jury.