Woodbury City Council: Candidate Forum 9-12-2024

1. League of Women Voters President Andrea Hable, Opening Statement 7:31 2. Moderator Liz Nordling, Forum Procedures 9:00 3. Candidate Opening Statements Murid Amini 10:49 Timothy Brewington 11:49 Dave Hoelzel 12:53 Temmy Olasimbo 13:59 Donna Stafford 15:01 Kim Wilson 16:05 4. Questions Question 1: What do you believe are the top two issues that the city council will need to address over the next four years and why? 17:06, 18:10, 18:49, 19:42, 20:47, 21:50 Question 2: What proposals if any, do you support that would decrease crime and promote public safety? 22:43, 24:06, 25:05, 26:06, 26:58, 28:11 Question 3: Housing affordability is a significant issue. What can the city council do to address this as it approves developers proposals? 29:20, 30:38, 31:45, 32:59, 33:52, 34:55 Question 4: What role does the city council play in addressing unresponsive landlords and rising rents? 35:56, 37:03, 38:12, 39:04, 39:59, 41:10 Question 5: Rising taxes is a perennial issue and with the increase in home values property taxes will be much higher. What alternatives to generating revenue would you explore? 42:29, 43:54, 44:53, 45:46, 46:07, 46:46 Question 6: What do you plan to do to support safe air, water and soil, for our community? 47:53, 49:06, 50:08, 51:13, 52:18, 53:20 Question 7: Do you support the environmental stewardship plan? Why or why not? If yes, how would you fund it and what are your priorities in the plan? 54:35, 55:51, 56:40, 57:34, 58:26, 59:24 Question 8: The office of city council member is non-partisan, and no party affiliation is indicated on the ballot or typically sought by candidates. Should the local city council continue to be independent of political party oriented politics and If so, how? 1:00:19, 1:01:29, 1:02:23, 1:02:58, 1:03:44, 1:04:43 5. Candidate Closing Statements Kim Wilson 1:06:00 Donna Stafford 1:07:04 Temmy Olasimbo 1:07:58 Dave Hoelzel 1:09:00 Timothy Brewington 1:09:51 Murid Amini 1:10:58 6. Moderator Liz Nordling, Closing Statement 1:11:39 7. League of Women Voters President Andrea Hable, Closing Statement 1:11:59