Opposition to utility fee

Opposed fees on top of 'out of control' water bills — hers is about $133 a month — calling the museum and park maintenance wants rather than needs, and suggesting Monmouth's library could absorb demand or the library be voted on separately.

Agreed with his wife and said voters already rejected the levy — calling the fee 'a tax by another name' — and opposed new hires like a library employee and a projects/communications director.

Speaking with her husband Justin, she said over 4,200 of roughly 7,900 adults voted and the levy failed by more than 60%, arguing government should live within its means like households and that any new proposal should go back to voters.