Editing Ogden, Utah (section)

==Government and politics==
[[File:Ogden city municipal building.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Ogden City Municipal Building]]
Ogden is governed under the [[Mayor council government|mayor-council form of government]], in which the full-time mayor serves as an executive while the seven-member part-time council serves as the legislative branch. All these elected officials serve four-year terms, with elections occurring in odd-numbered years and terms beginning in January of even-numbered years.

The mayor is Ben Nadolski, who took office on January 2, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ogdencity.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=812 | title=A Letter From Mayor Nadolski }}</ref> The city council members are Bart Blair, Angela Choberka, Dave Graf, Richard Hyer, Shaun Myers, Ken Richey, and Marcia White. Four of the council members represent the city's four municipal districts,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ogdencity.com/DocumentCenter/View/5395/Municipal-Districts-Press-Release |title=Archived copy |access-date=2019-01-28 |archive-date=2018-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928094155/http://www.ogdencity.com/DocumentCenter/View/5395/Municipal-Districts-Press-Release |url-status=dead }}</ref> while the other three (Blair, Myers, and White) are elected at-large by voters from the entire city.

The Ogden City government operates on a budget of $267 million per year and employs over 600 full-time workers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor's Budget Proposal to Ogden City Council |url=https://www.ogdencity.com/DocumentCenter/View/24629/FY2023-2024-Mayors-Proposed-Budget-Presentation |website=Ogden City |publisher=City of Ogden |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref> In addition to providing the usual municipal services, the government promotes business and economic development. The city operates a redevelopment agency (RDA), with the city council acting as the RDA governing board and the mayor as its executive director. The RDA's activity has increased since its establishment in 1969, with [[Tax increment financing|tax increment]] revenues at about $10 million per year and an outstanding debt of over $50 million. Designated redevelopment districts now cover nearly all of Ogden's central business districts, as are [[Business Depot Ogden]] and several other industrial areas in the western parts of the city.

Much of the recent political discourse in Ogden has focused on controversial government-sponsored development projects in the downtown area, including the Ogden Eccles Conference Center, [[Lindquist Field]], [[The Junction (Ogden, Utah)|The Junction]], the Ogden River Project,<ref>{{cite news|last=McKitrick|first=Cathy|title=Ogden gives green light to river development|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52179170-78/river-ogden-project-christopoulos.html.csp|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|date=July 13, 2011}}</ref> and other proposals that have not moved forward.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schwebke|first=Scott|title=Ogden's ice tower dreams melted?|url=http://www.standard.net/topics/ogden-city/2010/05/12/ogdens-ice-tower-dreams-melted|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=May 13, 2010|archive-date=July 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719070559/http://www.standard.net/topics/ogden-city/2010/05/12/ogdens-ice-tower-dreams-melted|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schwebke|first=Scott|title=Godfrey optimistic despite RAMP board's refusal to support field house funds|url=http://www.standard.net/topics/city-government/2011/02/19/godfrey-optimistic-despite-ramp-boards-refusal-support-field-house|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=February 20, 2011|archive-date=July 19, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719050602/http://www.standard.net/topics/city-government/2011/02/19/godfrey-optimistic-despite-ramp-boards-refusal-support-field-house|url-status=dead}}</ref>  A proposed streetcar connecting downtown to Weber State University has attracted considerable attention but only limited support.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schwebke|first=Scott|title=Godfrey wants to halt streetcar proposal|url=http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/23/godfrey-wants-halt-streetcar-proposal|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=August 24, 2011|archive-date=October 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010130601/http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/23/godfrey-wants-halt-streetcar-proposal|url-status=dead}}</ref>  A major controversy flared up in 2005–07 when the mayor and many others pushed unsuccessfully for construction of a luxury residential development on public land in Ogden's foothills and a new ski resort in the mountains above the city, to be accessed by a pair of aerial gondolas.<ref>{{cite news|last=Schwebke|first=Scott|title=Mayor: Course won't be sold for gondola, subdivision|url=http://activepaper.olivesoftware.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=U1NFLzIwMDcvMDcvMDgjQXIwMDEwMg==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120726090447/http://activepaper.olivesoftware.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=U1NFLzIwMDcvMDcvMDgjQXIwMDEwMg==&Mode=HTML&Locale=english-skin-custom|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2012|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=July 8, 2007}}</ref> Other local political concerns include Ogden's relatively high tax<ref>{{cite news|last=Davidson|first=Lee|title=Where Utah taxes are highest, lowest|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/50610284-90/taxes-tax-county-district.html.csp|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|date=November 8, 2010}}</ref> and utility<ref>{{cite web|title=Ogden City utility rate schedule|url=http://www.ogdencity.com/en/sitecore/content/Global/Content/DocumentLinks/Community/Utilities/Utility%20Rates.aspx|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20110112182611/http://www.ogdencity.com/en/sitecore/content/Global/Content/DocumentLinks/Community/Utilities/Utility%20Rates.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 12, 2011|access-date=October 18, 2011}}</ref> rates, efforts to fight crime,<ref>{{cite news|title=Will crime center fight crime?|url=http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/01/our-view-will-crime-center-fight-crime|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=August 2, 2011|archive-date=July 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718154347/http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/01/our-view-will-crime-center-fight-crime|url-status=dead}}</ref> allegations of government corruption,<ref>{{cite news|last=McKitrick|first=Cathy|title=Lawmaker, activist decry slow progress of Envision Ogden probe|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/50649368-78/ogden-envision-hansen-investigation.html.csp|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|date=November 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McKitrick|first=Cathy|title=Coalition launches to promote ethics in Ogden government|url=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/51891138-78/ogden-government-ethics-project.html.csp|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Salt Lake Tribune|date=May 26, 2011}}</ref> and challenges facing the Ogden City schools.<ref>{{cite news|last=Van Valkenburg|first=Nancy|title=Mixed bag of results in state board's school progress reports|url=http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/31/mixed-bag-results-state-boards-school-progress-reports|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=September 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131010105532/http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/08/31/mixed-bag-results-state-boards-school-progress-reports |archive-date= Oct 10, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Van Valkenburg|first=Nancy|title=Ogden School District seeks quieter fall|url=http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/09/11/ogden-school-district-seeks-quieter-fall|access-date=October 18, 2011|newspaper=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=September 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010080540/http://www.standard.net/stories/2011/09/11/ogden-school-district-seeks-quieter-fall |archive-date= Oct 10, 2013 }}</ref>

=== Federal representation ===
Ogden is located in [[Utah's 1st congressional district]]. In the [[118th United States Congress]], Ogden is represented by [[Blake Moore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Representatives |url=https://www.house.gov/representatives#state-utah |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=house.gov}}</ref>