The Carroll Chamber of Commerce and Carroll County Growth Partnership (CCGP) Candidate Forum for the upcoming Nov. 4 city and school elections is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 21. Initially, organizers had set aside one hour for the event at the Carroll Recreation Center; however, the Chamber’s Legislative Committee decided earlier this week to extend the forum another hour and divide the candidates. Now, the approximately two-hour-long forum begins at 6 p.m. at the Carroll Rec Center. The first hour or so will be devoted to the five candidates who have filed to run for the two open seats on the Carroll Community School District (CCSD) Board of Education, including: Jeff Cullen, Hunter Harmening, Kristen Lundstrom (I), Angela Owen, and Dr. Charles Svensson. The latter half of the forum is now focused on Carroll City Council candidates: Jerry Fleshner (I) and Dee Svensson have filed for mayor, Jeff Cayler and John Lawson for the at-large seat, and Tage Henkelman and Kyle Bauer (I) for Ward 3. Deb Koster is running unopposed in Ward 1. These candidates have all been invited to the forum to introduce themselves to voters. Absentee voting for the city/school elections in Iowa opens Oct. 15.
