About Jake ‘Wayne’ Wyatt

Name: Jake Wayne Wyatt

Position sought: Mayor St. Charles Illinois

Campaign contact information: 1022 Stonehedge road,St. Charles IL 60174

jakewyatt4mayor@gmail.com or jwyatt3@msn.com (personal email)

Cell 630-347-8685

Campaign website: www.jakewyattformayor.com

What will be your single most important priority if you get elected?

Fiscal realities of our City’s debt through the misuse of TIF’s to encourage new business or developments.Prime example is our 1st street development – planned completion 2008; deferred because of the economy and 8 years later 2/3’s complete and 1/3 with no alternative plan. It’s time to work with developers to come up with an alternative plan for 1st street. We must re-evaluate and prioritize the “nice to haves & must –haves” to balance budget and pay off future bond debts.

Home address: 1022 Stonehedge Road, St. Charles IL60174

Family members: Judy Kay Wyatt- wife of 45 years

Bradley Wyatt, son, 44

Steven Wyatt, son, 40

Michael Wyatt, son, 36

All sons married and seven grandchildren (one granddaughter & six grandsons)

Education: 1970 University of Tennessee at Martin — BS in business administration & marketing

1976 Florida Institute of Technology — master of science transportation management

1989 National War College-Industrial College of the Armed Forces — Strategic studies of U.S. Industrial Base

Current occupation and employer: Self-employed — supply chain/distribution consultant

Owner of MAC5 Mortgage Inc., and Wyatt Consulting

Retired (1994) U. S. Army colonel — Master aviator and logistician

Retired (2005) Sears — Regional manager of home delivery & national manager of home delivery

Retired (2011) GENCO Inc. — Customerservice vice president of 16 distribution centers

Political party affiliation: Republican - Conservative

Why Are You Seeking Office?

I am a long-time resident of St. Charles. My wife Judy and I are both graduates of St. Charles High School. I want to ensure we preserve the rich history, beauty and charm of St. Charles and these qualities are worth protecting against challenges that exist in the future and can impact our City’s precious quality of life.When elected I will listen to the citizens, serve them and represent them while maintaining clear communication with an “Open-Door-Policy”. A “Promise Made will be a Promise Kept”

What sets you apart from the other candidates?

My experience at leading large organizations, building and managing large profit plans, negotiating contracts, managing our most valuable resource the employees of St. Charles, and ability to develop short and long term strategic plans. I care about St. Charles and want to preserve the history and values of our community. I will do this through open dialoguewith the citizens and merchants of St. Charles through my Open Door Policy and Mayor's Forums.

Issue 1: What is your ecomonic development strategy for the city of St. Charles?

Taking a collaborative approach to development & redevelopment; fostering sensible growth in our business community.Example; would prefer expanding a development with 10 smaller businesses with broad & diverse opportunities/tax bases verses going for one big opportunity with limited tax base. To be more specific, I would support Economic Business Districts for what is termed EAST & West corridors as well re-looking with the developer a viable option to finish 1st Street.

Issue 2: In light of the anger over the Lexington Club controversy, what steps would you take to restore trust in city government? To increase transparency?

The recent approval of the Lexington TIF was not handled well.Prior to Christmas the Planning Commission met and voted down the Lexington TIF by a vote of 7 no and 2 yes votes.At the first Council meeting in January 2013 a vote was taken with 5 no votes and 5 yes votes and the Mayor voting yes as the tie breaker.I question what took place to have 2 Alderman to change their votes to Yes and what was the rush to get this vote passed.As Mayor I would have withheld my vote and put the Lexington project back into Committee for further discussion with the developer and the citizen’s special interest group that opposed several key aspects of this project.Once all issues heard then I would bring it back before Council for the vote.

Issue 3: What steps would you take to help resolve the complaints of alcohol-related problems in the downtown area?

We have State statues we must stay in compliance with.I would re-look the need for the extra hour of service for last call.I'm not convinced it would have a significant economic impact to the merchants.I would publish a set of escalating punishments for offenders of the liquor codes with 3 strikes and your done (severity of the offense could lead to a more dramatic punishment).

Please add any other information pertinent to your campaign.

Key leadership and management skills I developed as a leader of large organizations (Military Platoon to Brigade level and Corporate Region Manager and VP) combined with starting two small businesses have prepared me to meet the challenges of leading St. Charles.I have a strong background in developing profit plans/budgets in excess of $300 million and a proven track record in executing those plans. I am a graduate of the National War College – Industrial College of the Armed Forces that prepared me to do analysis of our nation’s industrial base and then develop short and long term strategic objectives to ensure our Nation’s war fighting preparedness.I will utilize these same skill sets as Mayor of St. Charles to further enhance St. Charles’ Comprehensive Plan, aggressively work to finish First Street development, structure business districts for East (Charlestown Mall) and West (St. Charles Mall) Corridors, and support the vision and implementation to make Downtown St. Charles a cultural arts center.My “No-Nonsense” Leadership style coupled with ethics and integrity still allows me to focus on the needs of the residents.My ‘Open Door Policy and Mayor’s Forum” will enable residents to express their concerns and ensure they are heard prior to Council votes. As Mayor, “A Promise Made is a Promise Kept”.

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