Greely City Council Application for Ward IV is now available on the city’s website. This is an application to be appointed to the seat resigned by Pam Shaddock.

To be eligible for the seat, based on the application, the following critera must be met.

• Citizen of the United States
• At least 21 years of age
• Hold no other elective office
• Resident of the City of Greeley for 1 year or more
• Resident of Ward IV for at least 90 days
• No felony convictions

Don’t know if you live in Ward IV. A map of the city voting wards is available here. Ward IV is roughly north of 10th st and west of 23rd Ave.

After 5 years on the Greeley City Council, Pam Shaddock is leaving to work for Senator Mark Udall.

Shaddock will be Udall’s northeastern Colorado regional representative. Her resignation will be effective Friday.

The City Council will be accepting applications for a replacement, which will be available at City Hall and from the city’s website www.greeleygov.com.

Last week the Greeley City Council decided to enact a ban on free samples of chewing tobacco at the Greeley Stampede. The ban actually covers distribution of all free samples of tobacco products, but will have the largest impact on Greeley’s only major event of the year.

This action has brought a scathing response from Greeley Tribune columnist Mike Peters in which he accuses the Council of being political nannies.

The most unfortunate result of this ban is the impact it may have on the Stampede. In a city with minimal cultural events already, this action may cause a $200,000 sponsorhip loss to the Stampede.

The vote was 4-3, Mayor Ed Clark and council members Don Feldhaus and Maria Secrest voted against the ban.
Charles Archibeque, Ed Phillipsen, Carrol Martin and, everyone’s favorite, Pam Shaddock voted for the ban.

The second of two October debates between City Council Candidate will be held on Monday October 8.

Ward IV candidates Pam Shaddock and Bill Gillard, and at-large candidates Maria Secrest, TJ Marlo, Susanne Villarreal and Russ Baxley will debate each other at 6:00pm at the City Council Chambers

These debates are sponsored by El Voto Latino and will focus on Latino issues.

If anyone attended the first debate between the Mayoral and Ward I candidates, please feel free to give us a recap.