Introduction

Ogden City, the Hub of Northern Utah, is the county seat of Weber County, Utah's sixth largest city and home to Weber State University (enrollment - 13,900 students). Ogden City is situated at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and located 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. Ogden is easily accessible via automobile and truck transportation on I-15 and I-84, rail service by Union Pacific, private and chartered service from Ogden-Hinckley Airport, and commercial service from Salt Lake International Airport. The City has a full-time Mayor who exercises executive authority and a seven-member city council that exercises legislative authority.