Here are the questions that Living In Midvale asked the candidate. As soon as the candidate answers the questions, we'll post those too.

Bryant,

Public Safety:

• What’s your vision for a “community based police”?
• How do you think we can help residents feel more comfortable with communicating with the city, instead of going to Facebook for their answers?

Police:

• With an already tight budget, thanks for the transparency, how do you propose that Midvale supports having block parties more often than once a year and “hosting events” to help the residents get to know the Midvale officials and police better?
• You mentioned that “citizens need to trust the police”, what can be done to help with that?

Homelessness:

• You said that the state “needs to come to terms with us”, regarding the homelessness issue, what do you mean by that and what do you think can be accomplished?

Growth:

• When you said that Midvale is “small” and that we “have to comply with what the state says, because we are small”, what do you mean by that?
• How can Midvale grow on its own, if we’re having to “comply” with the state?
• How do you define “adaptive reuse” and what areas do you see that happening?

Money:

• You have been on the Midvale City Council for a while now, with the 14% tax increase in the last 10 years, do you think that has been enough for Midvale’s needs? Why or why not?

Property Tax:

• “Buy local” has become a common phrase, what do you see in Midvale as great “buy local” resources?

Housing Affordability:

• What do you think needs to be done to “improve our code for redevelopment”?
• What changes would you like to see to make it easier for ADU’s?
• What resources does Midvale offer for those wanting to get a house or need help with their house, and how do those resources work?

ICE:

• ICE has been a hot topic and according to what we’ve found, ICE hasn’t been a big issue in Midvale, and you said that you’re “not okay with UPD assisting ICE”, why?
• Wouldn’t it be better to use the resources of the UPD to work with ICE to help them find the murders, rapists, drug/human traffickers, etc, instead of them going off of what limited info they may have and accidentally arresting those they weren’t intending to go after and causing fear for residents?

Events and Activities:

• A common thing we hear is that “it’s hard to compare Midvale to”, Sandy, Salt Lake, Murray, Taylorsville, etc., which is understandable because of their larger budgets, but many much smaller towns like Copperton, Helper, Payson, Bluff, Oakley, Green River, Midway and many more, have events that rival what Midvale does. What can Midvale do to have more events that draw people here and can also help support with “buy local”.
• You had said that people aren’t attending the Arts Council events, what can be done to help with that or does Midvale need to re-allocate some of that money to other things in the city that can draw attention?
• You asked someone in attendance about a storytelling project that they were working on, do you have plans for any kind of storytelling festival in Midvale?

City Outreach:

• How much of a difference do you think it’ll make to get City Councilmembers involved on social media? What social media do you think is the most effective and what kind of interaction do you think needs to happen to make this effective?
• What do you think are the best and most effective ways to get businesses to market events in Midvale?
• What additional information can be placed in the utility bills for informing residents?

Favorite Part of Midvale:

• What is it about District 4 that makes it one of your favorite parts of Midvale?
• What other things do you enjoy about Midvale?

Other:

• If you don’t get re-elected as City Council, what will you do to help make Midvale a better place?
• Is there anything else you would like the residents of Midvale to know about you or your plans if you do get re-elected to City Council?