• Dave Tafoya, 38, Roy City Council member and supervisor of the Ogden Driver's License Office, said Roy is at build-out capacity. "Due to this, revenues will start to decrease based on no more building permits, park impact fees, etc.," said Tafoya, who also serves as vice chairman of the North Davis Sewer District, on the Roy City Recreation and Subdivision and Zoning committees and as Roy Days Chairman. He wants the city to start finding revenue-generating businesses and ideas. He said Roy City has been very astute with its budget and therefore has been able to continue growing and progressing. "But due to the lack of incoming revenue, we were forced to raise taxes for the first time in 15 years, last month," Tafoya added.

Four-year council seat:

• Elementary school teacher Marge Becraft, 61, is seeking her third Roy City Council term and said Roy is almost built-out. "We do not have the impact fees that we did five years ago so we have to seek out new businesses to our city," Becraft said. She said many older residents in the center of the city need help revitalizing their homes. Also, she wants the Weber County Boys and Girls Club to be able to remain in Roy.

• Brad Hilton, 46, an echocardiographer for Davis Hospital, helped develop Roy's current general plan and served on the committee that developed Roy City zoning and subdivision ordinances. The certified citizen planner and chairman of the planning commission said Roy is nearly at capacity in development. "We need to be creative and use 'strategic planning' and proper use of development and redevelopment of current spaces to beautify our city and help increase property values and keep taxes lower," Hilton said. Traffic issues, he added, also need to be addressed.

• Michael L. Stokes, 31, registered nurse over clinical education at the McKay Dee Hospital operating room, listed quality of life, responsible growth and redevelopment, fiscal responsibility and building a strong economic base as distinct areas of concern for Roy. "I feel that focusing on these areas will allow us to maintain property values, keep taxes from increasing, build financial reserves and preserve those essential services that are vital to our prosperity as a city," Stokes said.

• Local business owner Daniel L. Tanner, 43, is seeking a second term on the Roy City Council. He said Roy's greatest challenge is the replacement of old, worn out water and sewer lines. "Many of these lines are 30-plus years old and are too small to handle the capacity required to accommodate our citizens properly," Tanner said noting that many roads, curbs and gutters are also in need of repair or replacement. He also wants the city to continue to develop the business districts and redevelop the "blighted" business districts.

• Candidate Kevin Carlisle did not respond to the survey.

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