The Vail Chamber & Business Association is sponsoring a Town Council Candidate Forum from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 17 at Donovan Pavilion, presented by the Vail Board of Realtors. The forum will provide an opportunity for each of the seven candidates to introduce themselves and field questions from panelists and the audience. The Vail Town Clerkâs Office has received and validated nomination petitions from seven candidates, including two incumbents, who have filed to run for the four open Vail Town Council seats in the November 5 election. The deadline for submitting nomination petitions was 5 p.m. Friday, October 4. The ballot order is as follows:
Moffet and Tjossem are incumbents. The remaining two seats up for election are held by Kerry Donovan and Kevin Foley. Foley is term-limited and cannot run again, while Donovan has opted to run for the Colorado State Senate in lieu of re-election.For details, contact the VCBA at (970) 477-0075 or info@vailchamber.org. Replays of the candidate forum may be viewed on Public Access TV 5 (Channel 5) and on the web. For show times and video on demand, visit www.publicaccess5.org. For information on the November 5 Town of Vail Regular Municipal Election, including voter registration and early voting, please visit www.vailgov.com.