HELENA — When Helena City Commissioner Emily Dean takes over as mayor Jan. 1, that will leave an open space on the commission – and 17 people are interested in filling that vacancy.

Helena city staff released the names of the applicants Friday afternoon:

Brian Barnes

Chanan Brown

Friedrich Drees

Jenny Eck

Julia Gustafson

Michael Hale

Keller Higbee

Tanya Hintz

Kevin Hoem

Mark Juedeman

Benjamin Kuiper

Steve McNutt

Ashley Moon

Kyle Osborne

Logan Smith

Derek Sturm

Matthew Tummel

The city accepted applications from Nov. 19 to Dec. 10. Candidates needed to be “qualified electors” and residents of the city, and staff said all of the applicants met those requirements.

The other members of the commission, including Dean, will vote on who should be her successor. The newly appoin

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