Jeffery D. Weisensel
MN · Mayor of Rosemount
Retired construction project manager with degrees in civil engineering and project management, and local government service since 1997. His priorities include careful budgets and sustainable economic growth.
Where Jeffery D. Weisensel stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (3 records), Government Efficiency (3 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 12 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 3 support
Voted to provide free water-filter pitchers to households with infants under 12 months amid manganese concerns. It passed 4-0.
June 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for a city purchasing policy promoting paper and waste reduction. The motion passed 4-0.
January 21, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to extend wetland buffer rules to all wetlands, beyond sites under zoning review. The motion passed 5-0.
October 5, 2021Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 3 support
Submitted comments criticizing transit cost overruns and project delays during the regional 2050 transportation-plan review.
June 12, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: metrocouncil.org
Voted for city-run code enforcement, including fines and property liens, in place of county processing. The ordinance passed 5-0.
April 16, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to upgrade Dakota 911 to a cloud-based emergency-call system. The contract motion passed.
September 15, 2022Supports Government Efficiency
Source: dakota911mn.gov
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 12 oppose
Voted to accept a $2,290,047.98 federal grant funding nine career firefighters. The motion passed 4-0.
October 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for a fire-station expansion plan and preliminary approval of city borrowing. The motion passed 4-0.
September 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to request authority for up to $75 million in parks and recreation bonds. The Port Authority motion passed 5-1.
September 15, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to provide free water-filter pitchers to households with infants under 12 months amid manganese concerns. It passed 4-0.
June 2, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to adopt the 2026 city operating and capital budgets and property-tax levy. The motion passed 4-0.
December 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to create financing for homeowners facing water or sewer service-line repairs. The motion passed 5-0.
November 21, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to sell $64,865,000 in city bonds for street reconstruction and capital improvements. The motion passed 5-0.
July 11, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to authorize up to $48 million in bonds for the Life Time recreation facility. It passed 5-0.
June 20, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted for up to $670,996.32 in tax-increment financing for Project Osprey. The motion passed 5-0.
February 21, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for dispatcher and supervisor labor agreements with 2.75% raises in 2022 and 3% in 2023. Both passed.
November 18, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: dakota911mn.gov
Voted for Dakota Communications Center’s 2022 operating and capital budgets. Members present approved them with 77.65% of weighted votes.
August 19, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: dakota911mn.gov
Voted against $53,348 in federal COVID aid for Fairview Hospital. The funding passed 3-2.
October 20, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for the 124-unit Morrison apartment redevelopment and its tax-increment financing district. The motions passed 5-0.
February 4, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted to accept a $2,290,047.98 federal grant funding nine career firefighters. The motion passed 4-0.
October 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 5 support
Moved and voted to approve bond financing through Columbus for workforce apartments in Prestwick Place. The motion passed 5-0.
July 24, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to recommend a tax-increment district for affordable apartments in Prestwick Place. The motion passed 4-0.
January 17, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to recommend a tax-increment district supporting affordable apartments in Amber Fields. The Port Authority motion passed 6-0.
September 20, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to raise height limits to four stories, capped at 48 feet, in downtown and high-density housing districts. It passed 4-0.
February 15, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for the 124-unit Morrison apartment redevelopment and its tax-increment financing district. The motions passed 5-0.
February 4, 2020Supports Housing Affordability
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Voted for a fire-station expansion plan and preliminary approval of city borrowing. The motion passed 4-0.
September 15, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to create financing for homeowners facing water or sewer service-line repairs. The motion passed 5-0.
November 21, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to sell $64,865,000 in city bonds for street reconstruction and capital improvements. The motion passed 5-0.
July 11, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Track record — General
General · 21 records
Supported and voted for a one-year pause on new data centers while the city studied their impacts. It passed 4-0.
April 21, 2026
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to update rental-property licensing and inspections, including requirements for local rental managers. The ordinance passed 5-0.
April 7, 2026
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to rezone the former City Hall site for commercial uses and high-density housing. The change passed 4-1.
August 4, 2025
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for cannabis-business limits and a 1,000-foot school buffer. The ordinance passed 5-0.
January 7, 2025
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to approve the 280-acre technology campus’s final site plan and related land and water agreements. The approvals passed 5-0.
December 21, 2023
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Was appointed to a two-year term on the National League of Cities board of directors.
November 18, 2023
Source: nlc.org
Voted to approve a 160,000-square-foot joint police and public-works campus. The project approvals passed 5-0.
February 21, 2023
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to hire Heidi Hieserich as Dakota 911 executive director after serving on the hiring committee. The motion passed.
January 6, 2023
Source: dakota911mn.gov
Voted to switch Dakota 911’s finance and payroll software to BS&A and leave the Oracle project. The motion passed.
November 10, 2022
Source: dakota911mn.gov
Joined the regional Transportation Advisory Board after appointment by Metro Cities.
October 19, 2022
Source: metrocouncil.org
Moved and voted to allow a 119.1-acre expansion of the SKB industrial-waste landfill. The land-use change passed 5-0.
June 21, 2022
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted for a 32-suite assisted-living and memory-care facility at Rosewood Commons in place of a hotel. It passed 3-2.
June 21, 2022
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to permit a 314-acre solar facility serving the Pine Bend refinery. The motion passed 4-0.
February 15, 2022
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to exempt mental-health aftercare calls from member dispatch fees. The measure passed with 73.78% of weighted votes.
November 18, 2021
Source: dakota911mn.gov
Moved and voted for Amber Fields’ 435-acre housing and commercial development plan. Its rezoning passed 5-0.
September 7, 2021
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to require home daycares to remain secondary to residential use, while protecting existing daycares. The motion passed 5-0.
December 15, 2020
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Moved and voted to adopt Rosemount’s 2040 land-use, sewer and Mississippi River corridor plans. The motion passed 5-0.
March 17, 2020
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Voted to turn Rosemount’s environment and sustainability task force into a permanent city commission. The motion passed 3-0.
December 17, 2019
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Served on Rosemount’s wetland planning groups in 1997–1998, 2004–2005 and 2012–2013.
August 15, 2019
Source: rosemountmn.gov
Voted for a 25-year community solar subscription projected to save the city $1.1 million. The motion passed 5-0.
April 2, 2019
Source: rosemountmn.api.civicclerk.com
Served on the Downtown Task Force credited in Rosemount’s 2017 downtown development framework.
July 11, 2017
Source: rosemountmn.gov
Past race Jeffery D. Weisensel ran in:
- Mayor (Rosemount) · November 3, 2026 · Rosemount city, Minnesota · incumbent