LOGAN – Members of the public are invited to meet the candidates for the Logan Municipal Council on Wednesday, Oct. 18.
The 90-minute forum will be held in the City Council Chambers starting at 6 p.m. and will be moderated by Jason Williams, the host of “For the People” on KVNU.
The candidates still in the running for three at-large seats on the Logan council include incumbents seeking re-election Mark A. Anderson and Jeannie F. Simmonds, plus four challengers.
Those candidates are homeless advocate Erin Bennett; photo/video producer Mike Johnson; Hillcrest Neighborhood Council Chair Katie Lee-Koven; and former City Council member Joe Needham.
Incumbent city council member Tom Jensen is not seeking re-election.
More information about each of the candidates can be found at https://www.loganutah.org/gov…/mayor_s_office/election.php
Members of the public who attend the forum will have an opportunity to pose questions to the candidates.
The forum will also be heard live on KVNU and viewed on the city’s YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLPAOK5eawKS_RDBU0stRQ
In the primary balloting by Logan residents on Sept. 5, Anderson captured 2,380 ballots (21.61 percent of the more than 11,000 votes cast in Logan); Johnson earned 1,769 ballots (16.07 percent); Simmonds got 1,727 ballots (15.68 percent); Needham captured 1,548 ballots (14.06 percent); Lee-Koven earned 1,478 ballots (13.42 percent); and Bennett got 830 ballots (7.54 percent).
Logan primary voters chose to eliminate the candidacies of Stefani A.M. Taylor, Joshua M. Molitor and Matthew Fatuesi, who scored percentages in low single-digits.
Ballots for the mail-in municipal election on Tuesday, Nov. 21 will begin going out to city residents on Oct. 31, according to City Recorder Teresa Harris.
The Logan Municipal Council Chambers are located at 290 North, 100 West in Logan.