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Council opens broader discussion on unofficial name-change survey; schedules deeper public conversation
Summary
After an informal survey surfaced mixed results (mayor reported ~70/30 split favoring a new name in one sample), council agreed to schedule a dedicated public discussion in late October to examine costs, tax-collection issues and community impacts of any potential name change.
The North Logan City Council spent substantial time Oct. 8 discussing an unofficial city-name survey and public reaction to the idea of changing the city name (examples mentioned included "Greenville"). The mayor described the online survey as an information-gathering threshold rather than an official referendum and said staff will host a dedicated, well-advertised meeting to dig into costs, tax-collection complications and resident concerns.
The mayor said preliminary/unofficial figures referenced during the meeting showed a roughly 70/30 split in one sample favoring a name change; staff later reported that an internal, informal staff ask produced a 98% preference for 'Greenville' among about 80 employees. The Business Alliance reported a roughly 70/30 split in its membership favoring 'Greenville,' and members of the public at the meeting raised concerns about the potential cost and administrative burden to businesses and residents of changing addresses, stationery and web presence.
A member of the public, Tim Campbell, urged the council to provide clearer background and numbers explaining why a change might be considered and how changing the name would address existing tax-collection or identity problems. Council members agreed these concerns are legitimate and said staff will prepare more context and cost estimates before the council’s planned discussion later in October. The mayor emphasized the survey was intended only to gauge whether the issue merited further public discussion, not to commit the city to a course of action.
Council set a plan to put the name-change conversation on a future council agenda with substantial public outreach and to continue exploring tax-collection fixes that might resolve some practical problems without a name change.
