City Commissioner - Post A
Passes laws and regulations for your city.
Full office description
- City commissioners work together with the rest of the city commission to set and implement city policy, and they are tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city
- Decatur's city commissioners have the power to choose the city's mayor every year.
- City commissioners work with the mayor to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department.
How this impacts you
Policing — City council has final say over how many police officers the city hires, what equipment the police get and how they are trained.
Quality of roads — City council has the power to improve roads and build new ones through specific projects.
Housing costs — City council can decide which housing developments to approve, require affordable housing and set property tax rates.
Election results
WINNER
Kelly Walsh
59%
1,848 votes
Katie Bell
40.7%
1,275 votes