GREENFIELD — City councilors who serve on the Committee Chairs subcommittee have until June 12 to decide whether to nominate Patricia Williams for the Precinct 6 City Council seat last held by Sheila Gilmour.

Williams, who serves on the city’s Elderly and Disabled Taxation Fund Committee and spent more than three decades working as a labor leader for the Massachusetts Nurses Association, is the sole candidate seeking Gilmour’s seat after the former councilor’s resignation on April 23.

“I’ve been in Greenfield for about 23 years and I have a great interest in making sure that our community is welcoming to all people. I have a great interest in seeing a continuation of interest in developing affordable housing,” Williams told members of Committee Chairs on Tuesday. “I’ve had 30 years in the labor movement. … I have a very strong background in representing a constituency and I feel I could represent my neighbors quite well.”

For Williams to take the Precinct 6 seat at City Council’s meeting on June 18, a majority of councilors serving on Committee Chairs must vote to nominate her by sending an email to City Council President Lora Wondolowski by June 12. If City Council then votes in favor of Williams’ nomination, she will be immediately sworn into office and spend the rest of the meeting in her Precinct 6 seat.

Explaining that should Williams be appointed to the council, it would happen only months before the seat is up for reelection in the city’s Nov. 4 election, Wondolowski asked if Williams had taken out nomination papers. Williams replied that she was “halfway done” collecting signatures.

Wondolowksi also noted that Gilmour, too, was involved as a union leader at the University of Massachusetts’ University Staff Association, pointing out that Williams would carry on the former councilor’s labor legacy.

In a previous interview, Williams said she wishes to work collaboratively toward goals such as expanding affordable housing and finding ways to help seniors achieve a higher cost of living on fixed incomes if she is appointed to City Council. She also discussed navigating local challenges brought about by federal policies, such as exploring alternatives to federal grant funding amid cuts and protecting residents amid increased U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.

“I’m very aware that over 400 people in the state of Massachusetts have been arrested by ICE, which I think is appalling. … This is going on on a regular basis throughout the state and that’s pretty horrible. I’m a person who believes in fairness and justice, and what is going on right now in our society — whether it be economic or political — the situation is pretty intolerable right now,” she said. “Any role I can play in reversing that, or making the situation better, would be important.”

Council Vice President John Garrett and Precinct 1 Councilor Katherine Golub both said they intended to vote in favor of Williams’ nomination. Golub said in an interview Wednesday that while she intends to nominate Williams, she finds it concerning that Williams would be the fifth councilor out of the 13 to be appointed, rather than elected.

Golub argued that the council’s four-year term lengths are likely responsible for the prevalence of mid-term resignations and council appointments, suggesting that the city charter be amended to shorten members’ terms.

“I believe it is a problem that, including myself, five of us have been appointed,” Golub said. “The process is not as democratic as it should be. … Voters should be able to decide who represents them, not the council.”

Anthony Cammalleri can be reached at acammalleri@recorder.com or 413-930-4429.