Politics & Government

Des Plaines Third Ward Candidates Talk Top Priorities

Patricia Beauvais and Denise Rodd list their top priorities if elected Third Ward Alderman of Des Plaines, and more in election questionnaires.

We asked Des Plaines aldermanic candidates about their backgrounds, qualifications, plans if elected and more in election questionnaires.

Patricia Beauvais and Denise Rodd are seeking the post.

The aldermanic candidates answered the question, what would your priorities be if elected to this office?, with the responses below. Check out the complete questionnaire for each candidate by clicking on his or her name.

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Patricia Beauvais:

My priorities would be:

  1. Look at our options to provide tangible financial relief from the money from the casino to our residents and request that the city have a short and long-term plan that includes revenues vs fees and taxes.
  2. Start the next phase of the flooding projects for our city which includes expanding big bend lake and installing larger storm sewers for properties west of the river, and replace some of the money that was taken from the backyard flooding program, in addition to increasing the funding to address the backyard flooding.
  3. Fill the store vacancies and aggressively pursue new development, especially around the casino
  4. Put more city council items into the "committee of the whole" portion of the meeting to allow proper input from the residents and include resident more based committees to make recommendations and opinions to the council.
  5. Have ward and neighborhood meetings to keep residents informed and offer the residents an opportunity to  become involved in the decision process through meetings, newsletters and surveys.

Denise Rodd:

  1. Fiscal responsibility: Continue to pay down debt and budget for infrastructure improvements along with continuing to offer residents a zero percent tax increase from the City of Des Plaines.
  2. Flooding mitigation: Support Phase II of the Storm Water Master Plan for sewer improvements that will help a dozen neighborhoods, and keep an eye on areas needing future improvement.
  3. Downtown improvement: Create a responsible and consistent government that brings Des Plaines up to par with surrounding communities so that we can compete for new businesses.
  4. Government transparency: Better inform residents of city council activities and decisions. As an example of being transparent, I would like to state that if I’m elected, I will not accept the health care benefit that the city traditionally offers its part-time elected officials.

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