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Roderick and his wife, Evie, have been residents of Fountain Hills, Arizona since 1988. They have 2 children. He is a member of the Fountain Hills Planning and Zoning Commission and Neighborhood Property Owners Association.

Roderick was the vice president of corporate operations for Vixxo for 14 years, and the president of PRESCO for 17 years.

Roderick Watts' campaign for Fountain Hills City Council is his first run for public office.

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Supports discretionary spending on public services based on resident input, advocating for an easy process to survey Fountain Hills residents.

- Supports discretionary spending on public services based on resident input, advocating for an easy process to survey Fountain Hills residents.

Public Services

As of June 24, 2024, Roderick Watts’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Housing & Urban Development

Believes committee recommendations deserve strong consideration and plans to work on issuing a bond for street repair and resurfacing.

Supports exploring new technologies to improve the longevity and safety of town roadways, including Perpetual Pavement, traffic management, and bicycle/pedestrian education.

- Believes committee recommendations deserve strong consideration and plans to work on issuing a bond for street repair and resurfacing.
- Supports exploring new technologies to improve the longevity and safety of town roadways, including Perpetual Pavement, traffic management, and bicycle/pedestrian education.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Plans to collaborate with local authorities and charities to address nuisance panhandling and harassment while providing support for temporary shelter and relocation programs.

- Plans to collaborate with local authorities and charities to address nuisance panhandling and harassment while providing support for temporary shelter and relocation programs.

Public Safety

Education

Believes Fountain Hills can attract and support new businesses, providing jobs and revenue. Plans to explore incentives for prospective and existing businesses within state and local gifting policies.

Plans to explore incentives for prospective and existing businesses within state and local gifting policies.

Supports developing a competitive bidding process for expenditures over $25,000 to reduce mismanagement.

Believes a budget strategy must address declining revenue, inflation, and recession to protect residents' interests and future prosperity.

Believes a budget strategy must address declining revenue streams, inflation, and recession to protect residents' interests and future prosperity.

Believes in addressing economic challenges by prioritizing essential needs over wants. Plans to implement a proactive strategy to manage declining revenue, infrastructure issues, and rising expenses.

Plans to implement a proactive strategy to manage declining revenue, infrastructure issues, and rising expenses by prioritizing needs over wants.

Plans to make Fountain Hills a fiscally responsible municipality by operating within projected revenues.

- Plans to explore incentives for prospective and existing businesses within state and local gifting policies.
- Supports developing a competitive bidding process for expenditures over $25,000 to reduce mismanagement.
- Believes a budget strategy must address declining revenue streams, inflation, and recession to protect residents' interests and future prosperity.
- Plans to implement a proactive strategy to manage declining revenue, infrastructure issues, and rising expenses by prioritizing needs over wants.
- Plans to make Fountain Hills a fiscally responsible municipality by operating within projected revenues.

Economy

Roderick Watts

Roderick and his wife, Evie, have been residents of Fountain Hills, Arizona since 1988. They are parents to two children. He is a member of the Fountain Hills Planning and Zoning Commission and Neighborhood Property Owners Association.

Roderick Watts was the VP of corporate operations for Vixxo from 2006-2020. He was the president of PRESCO for 17 years.

As of July 1, 2024, Roderick Watts’s website did not contain information on this issue.

The candidate's website says, "Fountain Hills’s obligations can be organized into WANTS and NEEDS. The needs are obvious—infrastructure, insurance, public services. However, a town’s WANTS should reflect the residents’ input. Discretionary spending should not be left to the sole discretion of the town management and council. Fountain Hills residents deserve a clear path to shape the town’s spending policy."

Believes residents should have a say in discretionary spending.

Roderick Watts and his wife, Evie, have been residents of Fountain Hills, Arizona since 1988. They are parents to two grown children, Chris and Abby, who also live nearby. Roderick and his family have enjoyed a variety of activities together, including sand volleyball, hiking, flying, cycling, and scuba diving. While the information provided does not specify where Roderick attended school or what church he attends, it does highlight his strong support for family and his enjoyment of travel and meeting new people.

- City council members work together with the rest of the city officials to set and implement city policies and priorities. 
- The City Council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
- City council members work with the mayor and the city manager to govern city departments, such as the police department, fire department, transportation department, and parks and recreation department. 
- City council members represent either the whole city or residents of a specific district. 
- Most city council members in Arizona are elected to four-year terms in staggered years. Elections are nonpartisan.