BATH

With three city council seats on the ballot this November, all incumbents have announced their intention to seek re-election.

Tuesday marked the first day that signed nomination papers could be turned in, and Councilor Susan Bauer said she had already turned hers in.

“I was at city hall this morning before they opened with my papers ready to go,” said Bauer, who said she was enthusiastic about seeking re-election. “I just think that we’re in a great city, and I can help move us along.”

Bauer won her first three-year term in 2014, when she ran unopposed for the Ward 6 seat.

Likewise, incumbent Councilor Gregory Page won his first three-year term to represent Ward 1 on the council unopposed in 2014.

“Bath is a city that’s really got it going for it, and I feel proud and honored to be part of it,” said Page, who is currently gathering the required signatures to get his name on the ballot.

At-Large Councilor James Omo is also running for re-election. Omo served two terms as a councilor beginning in 2005, before losing re- election in 2011. He ran again in 2014, defeating Councilor Sean Paulhus, who currently represents Ward 2, by just 92 votes. Omo said he was close to collecting the needed signatures.

“There are a lot of things going on in Bath, and since I’ve been involved with the city council over the past 12 years — on the council and also on other committees — I feel like there’s a lot of things left that have not come to fruition, and I’d like to see those through,” said Omo, citing the Riverwalk project and housing development.

Nomination papers are due at city hall by 5 p.m. on Sept. 15.

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