03/27/26, 8:38am, Called Rachel. She was at work and said she would call back later.
03/28/26, 11:07am, texted apology for calling while she was at work. Asked if I could email the questionnaire.
03/28/26, 11:09am, Rachel replied with what happened to cause the delay in response. She shared her email to receive the questionnaire.
03/31/26, 6:32pm, Email with questionnaire sent. Texted Rachel to let her know that it was emailed.
04/06/26, 5:03pm, office emailed access link
Steve Engberg
Nonpartisan
03/27/26, 8:26am, First text message sent asking to chat by phone.
03/28/26, 10:50am, 2nd text sent asking if letter could be emailed.
03/31/26, 6:51pm and 7:52pm, Discovered that the email bounced. Corrected email spelling and sent again.
04/04/26, 2:26pm,landline number failed, as did calling the cell
04/04/26, 2:39pm, Sent FB message to candidate
04/06/26, 5:10pm, office emailed access link
04/03/26, 8:06pm, Messaged candidate’s Facebook page
and she respectfully declined to participate.
04/07/26, candidate Facebook messaged
link to candidate website noted above.
Job Description
How office affects the voter
City Council gathers tax money provided by the county, plus sales tax and other fees, decides how money is allocated to various departments of the city, including fire and police, library, public works, etc. They decide zoning restrictions thereby limiting the location of homes/businesses. They provide for water, sewer, garbage collection.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties for the council include setting policy for the city, setting rules and regulations for the city (i.e., tax rate, money spent, ordinances, new growth and development), and creation of ordinances. Councilperson attends twice/month meetings and serves on committees. Can vary by size of city.
City Council gathers tax money provided by the county, plus sales tax and other fees, decides how money is allocated to various departments of the city, including fire and police, library, public works, etc. They decide zoning restrictions thereby limiting the location of homes/businesses. They provide for water, sewer, garbage collection.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties for the council include setting policy for the city, setting rules and regulations for the city (i.e., tax rate, money spent, ordinances, new growth and development), and creation of ordinances. Councilperson attends twice/month meetings and serves on committees. Can vary by size of city.
Requirements for the position
The requirements for the position state that the candidate must be 21 or older, a registered voter in the district, and live in the ward they wish to serve.
Other information
Some cities have wards with 2 councilpersons per ward, others have one councilperson per ward and an at-large councilperson for the whole city. Other cities have the entire council be at-large. Other councils have 6 wards with one representative per each and 3 representatives voted on each election. so that there is not a total replacement of the council each election.
City Council gathers tax money provided by the county, plus sales tax and other fees, decides how money is allocated to various departments of the city, including fire and police, library, public works, etc. They decide zoning restrictions thereby limiting the location of homes/businesses. They provide for water, sewer, garbage collection.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties for the council include setting policy for the city, setting rules and regulations for the city (i.e., tax rate, money spent, ordinances, new growth and development), and creation of ordinances. Councilperson attends twice/month meetings and serves on committees. Can vary by size of city.
Requirements for the position
The requirements for the position state that the candidate must be 21 or older, a registered voter in the district, and live in the ward they wish to serve.
Other information
Some cities have wards with 2 councilpersons per ward, others have one councilperson per ward and an at-large councilperson for the whole city. Other cities have the entire council be at-large. Other councils have 6 wards with one representative per each and 3 representatives voted on each election. so that there is not a total replacement of the council each election.
