Ken McCollum has been a resident of Farr West for the last 8 years. He is retired and now feels he has the time to give back to the city he loves. He is married with 8 children and 14 grandchildren. In their household, they have a slogan for Farr West: "You can do far worse than Farr West!”
Mr. McCollum has BS Degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Business Administration. He has extensive leadership experience working for the cities of Boise, Preston, and Harrisville, holding each position for more than 5 years. He served as Chief of Police in the last two cities. For the last 20 years of his career, he was successfully self-employed. All of these experiences have taught him financial responsibility and how to serve the public with drive and a high level of enthusiasm.
Mr. McCollum has a vision for Farr West: Moderate growth, living within a balanced conservative budget, promoting synergy between the mayor and other City Council members, transparency in ALL of the city's dealings and protection of the rights of ALL Farr West citizens.
David C. Jay is a retired educator, who is a native of Weber County and has resided in Farr West for the past ten years. He has been married to his wife, Stephanie, for forty years and they are the parents of four children. His career was in Church Education where he worked for thirty-five years as a teacher and administrator. Having a BA from Weber State College and a MS from Brigham Young University he has valuable experience to help the City.
Mr. Jay has served on the Farr West Planning Commission and he is running for this office in Farr West, knowing that he has the experience and personal commitment to make a positive contribution to the city and residents of Farr West. Mr. Jay says, “I love this City and our way of life, and I will work to move our City forward in a positive and healthy way as we continue to grow. Growth is good, but it has to be managed responsibly with respect for those who already live in Farr West and those who want to come here to work and to live. I can do this. With your vote, I will.”
Ted Black is a lifelong resident of Utah. He has been married to Sherrie for 28 years. They have 7 children—six daughters and one son, and have four grandchildren. They moved here about 2 years ago after Mr. Black took a position with the State Fire Marshal’s office as the Chief Deputy and was given the opportunity of living anywhere within a 50-mile radius of Salt Lake. He was the Fire Marshal for Farr West (Weber Fire District) for 12 years just previous to taking my current position and he is intimately familiar with this community.
Mr. Black stated, “I consider Farr West the garden spot of Weber County and one of the best places to live in Utah. I am dedicated to preserving our quality of life by properly managing growth and building our infrastructure. I will work on building our tax base and developing a trail system. I will also work on addressing the needs of each of the age groups in Farr West, building for the future and remembering our past. I plan on staying in Farr West and making it better for my family and for yours. Thanks for your vote.”
Tom Burkland has been living here for the past 23 years, with his wife, Linda, and daughter, Carly. Twelve of those years, Mr. Burkland served on the Planning Commission. This was his first term in the City Council and his term concludes with a number of unfinished projects. Current Council assignments include Central Weber Sewer Improvement District board, Weber County Storm Drains Coalition, and chairing Farr West City Cemetery committee. He is currently employed as chief engineer at Petersen in Farr West.
Mr. Burkland is the only incumbent council choice on the ballot. Mr. Burkland stated, “I provide experience in residential development, commercial growth, budgetary constraint, and conservative values to maintain Farr West's rural character. Support managed commercial growth to augment our cities strong tax base and maintain our services without further property tax increases. Residential growth should pay its own way and not add expenses to current residents while meeting the general plan objectives. This requires careful consideration of the infrastructure impacts created by these newly proposed subdivisions to prevent negative impacts on quality of current resident’s lives. He looks forward to continued contributions and involvement in numerous projects currently underway for the benefit of Farr West residents.
Mr. Burlkland would like to apply the same philosophies over the next four year term, of fiscal conservative with intent to spend what we have, growth in moderation and managed to minimize the impact on current residents’ quality of life, maintain the R-15 minimum lot size for single family dwellings and no multiple unit dwellings, continue construction on the Smith Family Park, connect a trail system from this park into other local trails, work to bring a Weber County Library to Farr West, continue the research into a City Cemetery that can be operated with minimal residential impact and financially self-supporting, support managed commercial development in the 2700 North corridor to augment our current strong tax base, and strive to maintain the excellent infrastructure that benefits residents of our City.
Ken Phippen is a software craftsman at Orbital ATK. He has strong ties to the community and believes strongly in fiscal restraint. He believes the following questions should be asked before spending: Is it necessary? Can we afford it? Can we get it cheaper (grants)? Ask #1 again! He believes and stands on a platform of landowner rights, “Anyone owning land in Farr West should be able to reasonably utilize their property as they choose as long as they abide by the law and do no harm to their neighbors.”
Transparency in government is a must, he thinks; all meeting should be held as 'Open & Public' meetings, there should be few if any 'Special' meetings held at different times & dates and ‘Closed' meetings should never happen unless required by law.
Mr. Phippen is looking to the future with High Speed Broadband will be the next vital infrastructure element of the 21st century. Just like electricity, paved roads, phones, natural gas, water, sewer, & storm drains became necessary during the 20th century. Businesses will demand it as well as homeowners for their home businesses, telecommuting, education, & entertainment.
Mr. Phippen says we need a preservation of open spaces like parks and connecting trails should be a high priority in the development plans of Farr West City. Mr. Phippen stated, “Many of us moved out here to get away from the congestion of other cities, I believe that it is possible to balance smart growth with the preservation of open spaces.”
