Heiner submitted conflict-of-interest and financial disclosure forms.

Heiner joins former four-term House representative Jeremy Peterson and current Ogden School District Board member Arlene Anderson.

At Large Seat C is being vacated by Shaun Myers, who is leaving to be in the presidency of the Ogden temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The application window started Monday and runs through 5 p.m. July 15.

Verified applicants will be interviewed during a public council meeting at 5 p.m. July 21, and the appointed candidate will take office Aug. 1. Myers’ resignation is effective July 31. The appointed council member will complete Myers’ term, which ends January 2028.

Those interested must submit a resume, a letter of interest, a conflict-of-interest disclosure form and a campaign finance form in person to the Ogden City recorder, located on the second floor of the Municipal Building, 2549 Washington Blvd.

During Tuesday’s Ogden City Council meeting, Ogden resident Thor Dorosh spoke about the application process and called for transparency regarding who City Council members were thinking about after applications had been filed.

“I don’t want a closed-door decision to be made and then that be what Ogden City as an organization, as a body decides,” he said. “I want the decision to be made in a way that the public can see the decision being made. If there is a decision that’s made earlier for a single individual, I want that to be in a way that’s disclosable or understandable from the public, because it’s important for the city as a people, as the Ogden City populace to know where city councilors are coming from when they vote for a certain person. And I don’t want it to feel like there was a backroom deal made that is locking out residents of Ogden from participating in the Ogden City process, that Ogden City is, like, controlled by a group of people that’s not the people who live and breathe and vote in Ogden.”

Near the end of the council meeting, Council Chair Richard Hyer addressed Dorosh’s request.

“We had our leadership meeting last Thursday about the process and that was the number one issue that we talked about is how to make this playing field level and fair for everyone who applies, and we’ve talked at length about that and we think we’ve got a pretty good handle on how that’s going to happen,” he said. “If you’re interested, it’s on the recorder’s page under the vacancy tab that explains the process that’s in place for that.”

Contact Standard-Examiner editor Ryan Comer at rcomer@standard.net.