Cudahy mayoral election results: Jill Recely vs Ken Jankowski

Cudahy is getting a caller mayor, and it volition either beryllium existent District 4 Alderperson Ken Jankowski oregon Jill Recely, herself a erstwhile subordinate of the Cudahy Common Council.

Incumbent Mayor Tom Pavlic chose not to tally for reelection.

Both candidates person said they judge Cudahy is making coagulated strides guardant to pull development. Jankowski highlighted Cudahy’s determination disconnected Lake Michigan arsenic 1 of its selling points. Recely focused connected the city’s heritage, reasoning caller projects should blend historical and modern elements.

The Journal Sentinel spoke to each campaigner separately and posed the aforesaid 3 questions. One focused connected priorities.

Jankowski, 53, said his main priorities are to “advertise the metropolis that it’s acceptable for revitalization” arsenic good arsenic moving to make 2 city-owned tons successful the 4800 artifact of South Packard Avenue into a gathering spot for residents akin to South Milwaukee’s Bucyrus Commons.

Recely, 73, focused connected postulation and however it needs to beryllium slowed down, particularly connected Packard Avenue, and however postulation studies should beryllium done to spot if and wherever bump-outs, velocity bumps and antithetic parking patterns could beryllium beneficial.

“There are galore longtime residents that retrieve ‘the bully aged days’ and I volition enactment tirelessly to sphere and beforehand these cherished traditions,” Recely said. “Futures don’t beryllium without their past.”

One country wherever the candidates differed was connected reports of contamination astatine Cudahy Park.

While signs person been posted, Jankowski said he's not satisfied with “the county’s deficiency of truly addressing the contented (and) a deficiency of effect oregon program to cleanable it up from Ladish.” He wants to assemble a task unit to support unit up for a cleanup plan.

Recely said she didn’t deliberation immoderate further steps needed to beryllium taken “since some the DNR and EPA hold that done mean parkland use, vulnerability to the contaminants is negligible.” She said the DNR is requiring further sampling and, since this is an ongoing investigation, she couldn’t remark further.

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