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Tice, and one very familiar
name: former Mayor Pat
Geagan.
The interim appointee will
be chosen by the council and
will serve from July 15 until
the November election.
On Nov. 4, residents will
elect a council member to
serve the remainder of Carl -
son's term, which expires in
2010.Once a council member
is elected, he or she will take
office immediately.
The 11 applicants are:
• Edward L. Ashby, ac-
counts payable specialist at
the National Marrow Donor
Program and an eight-year
resident.
• Patrick Geagan, former
mayor and police chief of
Eagan and a 25 -year resident.
• Ted Gladhill, sales direc-
tor and owner of Bankers
Equipment Service. Gladhill,
an 18 -year resident, spent
four years on the Eagan Plan-
ning Commission and six
years on Airport Relations
Commission.
• Michael Holmdahl, for-
mer treasurer of the Eagan
Art House, owner of Lorax
Business Services in Eagan
and a 14 -year resident.
• Shawn Hunter, technolo-
gy director at Pearson, former
member of the Eagan City
Council and the Eagan Plan-
ning and Parks commissions.
A 24 -year resident, Hunter
most recently served as an
Eagan Charter Commission
member appointed by the
City Council.
• Will Ische, Air Force re-
servist, church volunteer, for-
mer Boy Scout achieving the
rank of Eagle and an 18 -year
resident.
• Susan Orandi Johnson,
management consultant, for-
mer Minnesota Public Ra-
dio reporter/producer with a
degree in public policy from
Carleton College, and a 16 -
year resident.
• Mark L. Olson, owner of
a lawn and tree removal busi-
ness, 25 -year resident and a
candidate for mayor in 2006.
• Brenda Rivera, executive
assistant with Canadian Pa-
THISWEEK July 5, 2008 5A
cific Railway, volunteer with
Eagan athletics, a 12 -year
resident, and a candidate for
City Council in 2006.
• Kristine Thornburgh,
fitness instructor, civic volun-
teer and five-year resident of
Eagan.
• Jane Vanderpoel, past
Eagan Foundation Chair and
former Eagan Advisory Air-
ports Commission member.
An 18 -year resident, Vander-
poel works for Dakota Coun-
ty.
The council will interview
the 11 applicants on the eve-
ning of July 8. Interviews will
be followed by a ballot process
that consists of several rounds
to identify the winning candi-
date.
The interim appointee will
be named on July 15.
Carlson, who was elected
to her third term in 2006, left
the council June 30 after serv-
ing for nearly a decade. She
and her husband, Mark, are
moving to St. Paul.
Erin Johnson is at eagan.
thisweek@ecm-inc. com.
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JULY 5, 2008
VOLUME 29, NO. 19
Eleven
apply for
Council
seat
Applicants, who
include a former
mayor, seek to fill
four-month vacancy
by Erin Johnson
THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS
Eleven residents have ap-
plied to fill a four-month
vacancy on the Eagan City
Council left by, Peggy Carl-
son.
Carlson resigned June 30
after serving 18 months of a
four-year term.
The applicants include
citizens who have served on
city commissions, some for-
mer candidates for local of
See Council, 5A