Early voting is underway. Wide campaign funding disparities abound among Springfield City Council candidates in the latest campaign finance filing 40 days out from the city's April elections. Cities | Would you support the city broadcasting Planning & Zoning Commission hearings how City Council Meetings and Committee of the Whole meetings are broadcast? More:Chamber-backed Good Government Committee endorses in mayor, council races. Candidates for City Council (in alphabetical order) Candidate biographies, their vision for Springfield and links to candidate websites and other contact information are below. Incumbent Mayor Ken McClure has raised a total of $69,359 for his final reelection campaign $43,882 in this quarter. Contributor Title 1. Springfield ICONs goal is to improve the quality of life for residents of Springfield IL neighborhoods, and one of the ways we do that is by helping to elect visionary cityleaders. As with all general seats, Springfield residents from across the city will be able to vote in the race. Would you support requiring Public Works and CWLP to develop and present to the city council a long-term comprehensive plan to modernize roads, storm sewers, sidewalks, utility infrastructure, curbs, and stop lights for all neighborhoods of our city that lack that infrastructure? Having a servant attitude and giving back to the city that helped Oakley become who he is today are some of his main reasons for running. Were elected there because of our judgment and our character.. District 2 represents Wards 4 and 5, and District 3 represents Wards 6 and 7. Carrol did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the News-Leader. The council appointed her in April 2022. Four candidates, including two incumbents, are competing for three seats on the Springfield City Commission in the Nov. 2 election. Lee is a civil engineer who previously worked for the city of Springfield, and also served on the Springfield Board of Adjustment. Click on the tabs below to show more information about those topics. He is a retired police officer who has often spoken at public meetings of Springfield's school board. So far, the only person to pick up an election packet to run against Horton is David Eric Jensen, who could not be reached by the News-Leader. Sam Cahnman: "The owner of the Abraham Lincoln Hotel had some idea to acquire the Wyndham and building a skybridge between the two hotels. Other notable donors include dual $250 donations from Springfield school board member Kelly Byrne and the PAC of Central Bank of the Ozarks. He graduated from Springfield High School of Science and Technology in 2006 and received his bachelors degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 2011. I think the plan that I last heard which was a good idea was 250 apartments and the rest would be hotel rooms, which I heard would give us the hotel rooms we need for the size of conventions that come in to Springfield. "(They say), 'We need the roads fixed.' To look up your ward, visit https://bit.ly/SpfldWards. David Wagner of LAist News reports. The visitors keep our small businesses in downtown open.". He has represented southwest Springfield on city council since 2015. I'm flexible, let's see what we need to do. From left, Abe McGull, Andrew Lear, Monica Horton, Craig Hosmer, Mayor Ken McClure, Matthew Simpson, Mike Schilling, Heather Hardinger and Richard Ollis. Springfield City Council will have at least three new faces after the upcoming April 4 election, as 10 city residents are now certified to run for seats.. I've heard rumors of a casino may be trying to move in. Elections | The election will be held April 4. I would urge whoever is the mayor to get a hold of this guy and reach out to (Khalaf Ahmad al Habtoor). For Larry Rockford, a retired city employee aiming to become the next Ward 4 alderman, his role as candidate is partially to explain the ins and outs of city government and how the levers of power are used. In his campaign for General Seat D, Derek Lee has raised $25,597 massively out-raising opponent Bruce Adib-Yazdi's $1,350. document.getElementById("eeb-902503-941122").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%63%68%61%69%72%40%53%70%72%69%6e%67%66%69%65%6c%64%49%43%4f%4e%2e%6f%72%67%27"))*protected email*, ICON Steering Committee City Council Springfield City government is based on the Council/Manager system. Contributor Title. (function(){var ml="fe.Nonpd0iO4%gIrlSC",mi="9504<;8A6?95=091@7>B:324?=",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j