North Sioux City townhall gives voters chance to ask council candidates questions ahead of April 8th election

NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KTIV) - Monday night voters in North Sioux City, South Dakota, met with the ten candidates running for five positions on that community’s new city commission. It comes the same day that absentee voting began in that election.

Greg Meyer, Kodi Benson, Lynn Hoffman and Bob Davis are the four current city council members running in the election.

Six newcomers are on the ballot, as well. Those six candidates: Chris Bogenrief, Julie Burhoop, Jessica Strain, Daniel Zuraff, Vincent D. Tucker, and David James Wilch are running for an elected city leadership position for the first time.

After opening statements and questions from the sponsors, North Sioux City residents had the chance to direct questions towards specific candidates.

Recurring questions from voters revolved around Tax Increment Financing as it relates to Union Crossing and about TIF districts, in general. Voters also asked about affordable housing in the city.

Ahead of the April 8th election, one of the sponsors of tonight’s event said it’s important to give citizens the chance to have this dialogue ahead of election day.

“The decisions they make will affect North Sioux City over these next 5, 10 years,” said Tim Waugh, the Commander of American Legion Post 319, who along with the McCook Lake Association and Dakota Valley Business Council put on the townhall. “So they need to be able to question the candidates to be able to make a logical input as to their vote.”

Early voting for the North Sioux City city commission election opened Monday, March 24th. Registered voters can go to the North Sioux City city hall, Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to drop off early votes. Election day is April 8th.

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