With the departure of Salt Lake City Councilman Derek Kitchen, Utah’s capital city’s governing body has a vacancy to fill.
SALT LAKE CITY — With the departure of Salt Lake City Councilman Derek Kitchen, Utah’s capital city has a vacancy to fill on its governing body.
Kitchen, who won election for outgoing Sen. Jim Dabakis’ Democratic seat in the Utah Legislature, attended his last council meeting Nov. 27 as he prepares to join the Senate at the start of the new year.
The Salt Lake City Recorder’s Office announced it will accept applications through Jan. 15 from people interested in serving the remainder of Kitchen’s term through the end of 2019.
Kitchen’s District 4 seat will officially vacate Jan. 1, after which the council will have 30 days to fill it. Starting Friday, applicants will have about a month to submit their names for consideration.
Salt Lake City Recorder Cindi Mansell will collect applications and provide them to the City Council office. The council will then interview each applicant in a public meeting. Interviews are scheduled to begin Jan. 22.
To be eligible, applicants must be a U. S. citizen, be a registered voter, not be convicted of a felony or other certain crimes, and have lived in Salt Lake City’s District 4 for at least a year.
