Candidate: Jessie Murdock, Camp Verde resident of 20 years
Age: 40
Current or past profession: Eight years with Camp Verde Unified School District, on Camp Verde Town Council since 2013
Q: Why are you qualified to serve on council?
A: “Appointed to Camp Verde Town Council April 2013 — current.”
Q: How would you help advise the completion of the Camp Verde Sports Complex?
A: “The current council is committed to completing and fulfilling grant and contract obligations. We have updated our financial policies and stayed in better contact with our contractors and department heads to stay within the timeline. There were many issues early in the project that seemed to spiral out of control. Lessons learned and different leadership within the Town of Camp Verde.
“I am looking forward to better-run projects, streamlined construction, better budget controls and shorter construction timelines as new projects move forward and come out of the ground and are completed. The groups that have come forward to donate and build for the sports complex have been amazing and I look forward to working with them well into the future.”
Q: How do you plan to balance growth while maintaining Camp Verde’s rural and Western lifestyle?
A: “Following the general plan and working with the community, neighbors, developers. Development agreements to help the community as it grows. Preserving community pockets/character areas. Development impacts neighbors.”
Q: What is your vision for economic development in Camp Verde?
A: “Highway 260 corridor has so much potential, I look forward to seeing what is brought to council. As we learn what the needs of the community are, following the General Plan’s character areas, we can plan with the development as it happens. Utilities and solid infrastructure is vital to the success of any development and along the Highway 260 corridor. We have currently applied for and are working towards grants and federal funds to work on and complete large-scale projects.”
Q: What kind of direction would you give to the incoming town manager?
A: “I cannot individually direct the new town manager. We are a council of seven and follow very strict rules and statues to operate as a council-manager form of government. I look forward to working with the new town manager and continuing to serve the Town of Camp Verde. As the new town manager settles in and gets her bearings set, I have no doubt that she will be a great asset to the town.”
Camp Verde Town Council Election
Mayoral candidates (one four-year seat):
- Charles German, challenger
- Dee Jenkins, incumbent
Council candidates (three four-year seats)
- Terry Andrews, challenger
- Jackie Baker, incumbent
- Brian Bolton, challenger
- Kai Buchanan, challenger
- Robert Foreman, challenger
- Dan Inman, challenger
- Jerry “Geronimo” Martin, challenger
- Jessie Murdock, incumbent
- Thomas “T.C.” Noble, challenger
- Patricia Seybold, challenger
