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Discussion and potential planning for 2024 candidate forum for Alderperson and Mayor
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Submitted by:
Melissa Cantarero Weiss, Deputy City Administrator
Department:
Administration
Based on the feedback from the Committee at a previous meeting, staff reached out to potential third party facilitators for the forum and received a commitment from the Wauwatosa West Allis Chamber of Commerce to host and facilitate the event at City Hall. They are available on Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 pm for the event and both candidates for Mayor are also available to participate on this date and time, which is two weeks before in-person absentee voting begins for the April election.
The Chamber of Commerce has selected their Board President to facilitate the event, Jen Puente. They expressed that they are interested in hosting a neutral event that will allow the public to learn about candidates running for office.
With that in mind, they prefer that the city provide the possible questions for the facilitator to ask. Below are three options for the Committee to consider for developing questions:
* Each Chair and Vice Chair of a Council Standing Committee and the Chair of the Committee of the Whole write two questions each pertaining to that Committee's area of focus for the city. The facilitator would randomly select from the questions, asking candidates one question from each of the five subject areas - Transportation Affairs, Government Affairs, Financial Affairs, Community Affairs, and Committee of the Whole.
* Every member of the Common Council, except those seeking the office of Mayor, write one question pertaining to the areas of policy the Common Council acts on and the facilitator would randomly select questions from the submissions.
* Each outgoing elected official not seeking office in 2024 drafts three questions pertaining to the areas of policy the Common Council acts on and the facilitator would randomly select questions from the submissions.
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