Mayoral Forum

Portage Mayoral Forum
Hosted by the Portage Area Chamber of Commerce
Monday, February 7, 2022 at 6:30 p.m.
Held Virtually Through Zoom and Telephone Call-in Option

To watch the video of the Mayoral Forum, click here.

Participating Mayoral Candidates:
All candidates were invited to participate. Candidates Rick Dodd and Mitch Craig will be participating in this Mayoral Forum.  Candidate Kyle Little is unable to attend live but will be provided the questions and has been given the opportunity to have a ‘stand-in’ to read his written responses.  

Overview:
This is a Mayoral Forum and not a Mayoral Debate.  Each candidate will be given an opportunity to share their opinions and ideas on specific questions that have been submitted to the Portage Area Chamber of Commerce.    

To begin the Mayoral Forum each candidate will be given an opportunity for an opening statement to be kept at no more than two minutes.  Questions will then be asked of each candidate during the Mayoral Forum by the moderator, Marianne Hanson of the Portage Area Chamber of Commerce.  Each candidate will have two minutes to respond for each question.  
 
All questions will be approved and asked by the moderator, no one else joining the meeting will be allowed to ask questions. The Chamber of Commerce reserves the right to ask follow-up questions during the Mayoral Forum of each candidate.

Closing statements will be given by each candidate at the end and they will be kept to no more than two minutes each.
 
How the questions will be selected:
Questions can be submitted by email, mail or dropped off at the Portage Area Chamber of Commerce by January 28th at 3pm. Email is pacc@portagewi.com, address is 104 West Cook Street, Suite A and phone is 608-742-6242.  Please note, even though a question is submitted it does not guarantee it will be asked at this Mayoral Forum.  Anyone can submit a question to the Chamber of Commerce.

Candidates will receive the questions on Tuesday, February 1st by 5pm to review and prepare. 
 
Length of Mayoral Forum:
The time will be kept to 60 minutes.