Redmond Mayor
What does this office do?
- Proposing the city budget, in many cities
- Picking who leads city departments, such as the police chief, in many cities
- Signing or vetoing council bills, in many cities
Affects: Environment and Public Health, Government Efficiency, Government Spending Reduction,
Candidates:
Nonpartisan
Charles Webster Baer works in manufacturing and studied at the University of Hawaii. His top priorities are limiting population growth and moving the county's homeless center out of Redmond to Millican.
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Ed Fitch has been Redmond's mayor since 2023 and was the city's attorney from 1979 to 1996. His priorities are securing the city's future water supply and fixing traffic and safety problems on Highland Avenue and South Highway 97.
Nonpartisan
Jay Patrick has served on the Redmond City Council for about 25 years and works for the Jefferson County Education Service District. His priorities are building roads, water, and sewer lines before new housing and pushing back against state limits on local control.
Sources: deschutescounty.gov · redmondoregon.gov