Candidates for Page mayor and city council had an opportunity to present to the citizens of Page their knowledge, their experience and their vision for the future of Page during last week’s debates.

Both debates were relatively well attended with approximately 50 people in attendance for the city council debates and about 75 people in attendance for the mayoral debates.

The debates were sponsored by the Chamber Page/Lake Powell and moderated by CEO of Banner Page Hospital Brian Kellar, branch manger for Bank of the West Scott Swank and Lake Powell Chronicle editor Steven Law.

The debates were held in the police department’s public safety building. The city council candidates debated Tuesday and the mayoral candidates debated Thursday.

The moderators asked both groups of candidates questions about their leadership abilities, their ability to govern, quality of life in Page and tourism. After the moderators had gone through their questions candidates answered questions from the audience, which were written on slips of paper and asked by the moderators.

The residents of Page learned last week that Kyle Davis, who was running for a four year city council seat has withdrawn from the race (see story above). Before his withdrawal from the race, four candidates were vying for three open seats. Davis’s withdrawal all but guarantees that Mark Cormier, Theresa Bowlby and Rick Yanke will be elected.

Three candidates, Dennis Warner, Jeff Szabo and Kristin Davis, will contend for two open seats on the two year city council seat.

The terms of current council members Darby McNutt and Mike Bryan end this November with neither man seeking re-election. And with both mayor Bill Diak and council member Levi Tappan competing for mayor one of them will be absent from the dais when the new council swears in this November.