Jan Kulmann, a city councilor of Thornton’s Ward 4, who was facing a recall effort from anti-fracking group, North Metro Neighbors for Safe Energy, will not be subject to a recall election this year.

According to the Denver Business Journal, the effort from North Metro Neighbors group has all but “fizzled,” out.

In an email to The Statesman, Todd Barnes, the City of Thornton’s communication director, indicated that the petitioners failed to submit a petition by the city’s May 31 deadline. “We have no information as to how short – if they were even short – the number of necessary signatures because nothing was submitted. We received nothing,” Barnes’ email indicated.

In prior reporting by The Statesman, Kulmann was challenged by constituents because of her professional affiliation with the publicly traded energy company, Noble Energy, where she works as an engineer.

“I have always focused on using my technical experience as a licensed professional engineer to help our City,” Kulmann stated in an email. “I’m glad that my constituents overwhelming agreed that my technical expertise brings value to our City Council and refused to sign a politically motivated recall petition where bullying tactics and personal insults were used by the recall organizers.”

The group argued that one of the several reasons for the recall attempt was that Kulmann failed to disclose that she, “works as an engineering manager in the oil and gas industry,” on the City of Thornton website.

A news release goes on to state that due to Kulmann’s professional affiliation a, “conflict of interest is clearly demonstrated.” The recall organizers also brought into question Noble Energy’s role in the Colorado Oil and Gas Association (COGA) and Kulmann’s “no” vote on proposed moratorium on fracking in October.

Thornton’s mayor, Heidi Williams, also called the effort a level of “bullying” toward Kulmann. “People aren’t going to run for office because it seems that so many of these groups are rallying together because they don’t like something,” according to Williams in another report from the Denver Business Journal. The price tag if a recall election had occurred: more than $100,000 taxpayer dollars.