Ben Doyle

Context

City Councilor, District 1. From the city website (retrieved 2026-10-22); verify.

Issues

• Strategic Plan Update — asked whether the plan has too much in it.
• Local Options Tax Allocation Policy — apparently floated percentage buckets and downtown investment.

Log

• 2026-10-08 - City Council (special) — Responded to a public comment by defending the city manager's performance; asked whether the strategic plan is too large and supported a fourth pillar on community safety; apparently argued for investing local options tax in the downtown (first names only in the captions).
• 2026-10-22 - Page created from public sources.

Minutes log (Aug-Sep 2026)

• 2026-08-12 - City Council — moved the Council Rules of Procedure, District Heat Rate Change and seating of Paul Costello.
• 2026-08-26 - City Council — shaped the motions on the Responsible Employer Ordinance Repeal.
• 2026-09-09 - City Council — moved the Bow Hunting Authorization; seconded the Tier 1B opt-in.

Minutes log (July 2026)

• 2026-07-22 - City Council — thanked Councilor Gil and the Council for the Country Club Road process and noted the Federal Building status.
• 2026-07-08 - City Council — moved (then withdrew) a special meeting on the Rules of Procedure; seconded the Municipal Tax Rate Approval; recognized Eric Gilbertson.
• 2026-07-08 - City Council (special) — seconded the five denials in the Open Meeting Law Allegations and the CHIP letter.