Candidate Profiles

Charles Kelsey

Candidate, Marion City Council - Ward 4

1. If elected, what would be your top three priorities while serving on the Marion City Council?

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2. What do you see as the top issue facing Marion today, and how do you believe the City Council could help address it?

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3. If the city were faced with budget cuts, how would you handle doing so as a City Council member and are there specific areas of the city's budget you would look to first for potential reductions?

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4. Housing across all sizes and income levels has been identified as a community need. What do you see as the City Council's role in addressing that issue, and what steps would you take as a City Council member to do so?

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5. What do you see as the city's role in driving population growth and how would you put that into action if elected?

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6. The Linn County Solid Waste Agency landfill, located in Marion, is projected to reach capacity by 2036 and area leaders are in ongoing conversations about potential next steps. If elected, what approach or ideas would you bring to the conversation?

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7. Marion officials stopped short of putting a referendum for a new pool on the ballot in November. Do you support the project as it stands or what changes should be made to the plan for a new pool?

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Candidate Profiles

Charles Kelsey

Candidate, Marion City Council - Ward 4

1. If elected, what would be your top three priorities while serving on the Marion City Council?

2. What do you see as the top issue facing Marion today, and how do you believe the City Council could help address it?

3. If the city were faced with budget cuts, how would you handle doing so as a City Council member and are there specific areas of the city's budget you would look to first for potential reductions?

4. Housing across all sizes and income levels has been identified as a community need. What do you see as the City Council's role in addressing that issue, and what steps would you take as a City Council member to do so?

5. What do you see as the city's role in driving population growth and how would you put that into action if elected?

6. The Linn County Solid Waste Agency landfill, located in Marion, is projected to reach capacity by 2036 and area leaders are in ongoing conversations about potential next steps. If elected, what approach or ideas would you bring to the conversation?

7. Marion officials stopped short of putting a referendum for a new pool on the ballot in November. Do you support the project as it stands or what changes should be made to the plan for a new pool?

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Candidate Profiles

Charles Kelsey

Candidate, Marion City Council - Ward 4

1. If elected, what would be your top three priorities while serving on the Marion City Council?

- Kelsey's Response

2. What do you see as the top issue facing Marion today, and how do you believe the City Council could help address it?

- Kelsey's Response

3. If the city were faced with budget cuts, how would you handle doing so as a City Council member and are there specific areas of the city's budget you would look to first for potential reductions?

- Kelsey's Response

4. Housing across all sizes and income levels has been identified as a community need. What do you see as the City Council's role in addressing that issue, and what steps would you take as a City Council member to do so?

- Kelsey's Response

5. What do you see as the city's role in driving population growth and how would you put that into action if elected?

- Kelsey's Response

6. The Linn County Solid Waste Agency landfill, located in Marion, is projected to reach capacity by 2036 and area leaders are in ongoing conversations about potential next steps. If elected, what approach or ideas would you bring to the conversation?

- Kelsey's Response

7. Marion officials stopped short of putting a referendum for a new pool on the ballot in November. Do you support the project as it stands or what changes should be made to the plan for a new pool?

- Kelsey's Response

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