Nikki Conklin - Ballotpedia

Supports creating more affordable housing and investing in homelessness prevention programs.

- Supports creating more affordable housing and investing in homelessness prevention programs.

Housing & Urban Development

As of January 14, 2025, Nikki Conklin’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

Supports the Community Alternative Response Emergency Support (CARES) program, which responds to emergency medical calls and provides care without police involvement.

Believes in investing in the community to reduce crime rates.

Wants to "break down the stigma around mental health."

- Supports the Community Alternative Response Emergency Support (CARES) program, which responds to emergency medical calls and provides care without police involvement.
- Believes in investing in the community to reduce crime rates.
- Wants to "break down the stigma around mental health."

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Economy

Supports a restoration project that helps preserve mature trees, attracts more diverse wildlife, and provides a habitat for pollinators.

Supports a restoration project at Sauk Creek Greenway that helps preserve mature trees, attracts more diverse wildlife, and provides a habitat for pollinators.

Supports increasing energy efficiency and incorporating sustainable features like rain gardens, green roofs, and permeable pavement into new developments.

- Supports a restoration project at Sauk Creek Greenway that helps preserve mature trees, attracts more diverse wildlife, and provides a habitat for pollinators.
- Supports increasing energy efficiency and incorporating sustainable features like rain gardens, green roofs, and permeable pavement into new developments.

Energy & the Environment

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Nikki Conklin

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Supports converting vacant businesses into affordable housing.

Supports converting vacant businesses into affordable housing and addressing the city's food deserts. A food desert is an area that lacks access to plentiful, nutritious, and affordable food. 

- Supports converting vacant businesses into affordable housing and addressing the city's food deserts. A food desert is an area that lacks access to plentiful, nutritious, and affordable food. 

As of January 14, 2025, Joann Pritchett’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports creating opportunities for families, youth, women, and underrepresented communities.

- Supports creating opportunities for families, youth, women, and underrepresented communities.

Supports promoting wellness and sustainability.

- Supports promoting wellness and sustainability.

Joann Pritchett

As of January 30, 2025, Rick Cruz’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Plans to prioritize community safety by balancing enforcement with prevention.

Supports mandatory community service for offenders, financial restitution by family for damages, and funding for local challenge academy programs.

- Plans to prioritize community safety by balancing enforcement with prevention.
- Supports mandatory community service for offenders, financial restitution by family for damages, and funding for local challenge academy programs.

Believes heated and sheltered bus stops in District 9 would have been more beneficial than the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which has low ridership and issues like scabies.

- Believes heated and sheltered bus stops in District 9 would have been more beneficial than the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, which has low ridership and issues like scabies.

Believes in responsible fiscal management to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely, investing in programs and services that enhance quality of life while maintaining financial sustainability.

Believes in responsible fiscal management to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely, investing in programs and services that improve quality of life while maintaining financial sustainability.

Wants to reduce the cities operating expenses.

- Believes in responsible fiscal management to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely, investing in programs and services that improve quality of life while maintaining financial sustainability.
- Wants to reduce the cities operating expenses.

Supports "smart growth" that balances future planning with community needs, environmental respect, and district character, ensuring growth enhances rather than overwhelms the community.

- Supports "smart growth" that balances future planning with community needs, environmental respect, and district character, ensuring growth enhances rather than overwhelms the community.

Rick Cruz

- Alderpersons serve on the on the city's Common Council. The Common Council passes city resolutions and ordinances, approves the city's annual budget, and sets tax rates. 
- They may be elected by city voters at-large or from specific districts in a non-partisan election. 