Ballots for the November 4 election will be mailed to voters on October 6. In this election, two of the five seats on the American Valley Community Services District (AVCSD) board are up for re-election in 2025. The AVCSD provides drinking water and wastewater services to Quincy and East Quincy, covering the area from Claremont Peak to Spanish Creek.
Candidates:
- Kathy Felker (Incumbent, Quincy)
- Inspiration: Frustration with previous attempts to consolidate the East Quincy and Quincy districts; has served since 2013 including on the East Quincy Services District board before consolidation.
- Priorities: Ensuring full compliance with state water quality regulations, maintaining trained and licensed staff for the wastewater treatment plant, pursuing additional water storage tanks to improve fire safety, and securing grants to help fund infrastructure projects.
- Expertise: 25 years with the U.S. Postal Service managing budgets and staff, strong background in customer service and personnel management, currently serves on the AVCSD budget committee ensuring fiscal health of the $4.2 million district.
- Bill Martin (Incumbent, retired college instructor, East Quincy)
- Inspiration: A sense of public service and community responsibility; serving since 2013 on the East Quincy and then AVCSD boards.
- Priorities: Providing uninterrupted water and sewer services, maintaining fiscal stability and regulatory compliance, expanding water storage capacity, improving wastewater collection infrastructure in the west zone, and aggressively pursuing grants to keep rates low.
- Expertise: 11 years of board service including facilitating the 2018 district consolidation, involvement in the design and financing of the $44 million wastewater treatment plant, background in utilities and infrastructure, strong communication and leadership skills as board president, focus on policy development and staff adequacy.
- John Selby (Newcomer)
- Did not respond to interview requests.
Voters are encouraged to review the candidates’ backgrounds and priorities as they prepare to cast their ballots to shape the future of water and wastewater management in the American Valley community.
