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BURKART WINS RE-ELECTION

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RE-ELECT KEVIN BURKART

TO PRIOR LAKE CITY COUNCIL

Burkart, a former CPA, successful entrepreneur, and philanthropic leader is known as a budget hawk and an idea person.

 

He is concerned about growth in government outpacing growth in family budgets.

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He believes in proposing innovative, measureable ideas of how to more efficiently allocate public resources.

 

His tenants for government operations are straightforward:

 

Good public policy is simple, equitable & easy to administer.

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ENDORSE KEVIN: WRITE A LETTER TO THE PRIOR LAKE AMERICAN

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Letters must be paid for by the letter writer; payment must be received prior to it being published. 

Re-Elect Burkart for Prior Lake City Cou

I have earned our community's vote for a second term.

 

I will continue to move Prior Lake forward leveraging my decades of leadership, business, governmental and philanthropic know-how.

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A PRIOR LAKE ORIGINAL

Kevin's family has called Prior Lake home since 1975.

 

He and his wife Laura are both proud graduates of Prior Lake's K-12 public education system. They graduated from State Universities, he from St. Cloud (Accounting) and she from Winona (Marketing).

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ABOUT
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FOUR YEARS OF EARNING YOUR CONFIDENCE

PUTTING MY EXPERIENCE TO WORK FOR YOU

Burkart has served one four-year term on the

Prior Lake City Council from 2016 to 2020.

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He is seeking your support for another four-year term.

 

During his tenure Burkart has represented our community in the transit and transportation segments.

 

  • Vice Chair of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, previously Treasurer.

  • Chair of the Highway 169 Corridor Coalition receiving wide praise for reinvigorating and adding to the Coalition's membership.

  • Vice Chair of the Scott County Unified Transit Management Task Force.

  • He's served two years on the Traffic Safety Advisory Committee and the Special Assessment Committee.

  • He has served three years on the Scott County Mobility Management Board.

  • He has filled Prior Lake's voting seat on the Suburban Transit Association in St. Paul.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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  • Diligent representation of our community with the legislature in St. Paul. Testified numerous times in support of making the Unelected Met Council an elected body; his message being "no taxation without representation"

  • Taken on the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (now Housing First Minnesota) lobbying against their push to socialize infrastructure development costs over our entire community

  • Highway 13/County Highway 21 Roundabout Reconstruction Project

  • Saved taxpayers $300k+ guiding staff towards technology driven phone system for City Hall

  • Leads legislative efforts against special interests that are trying to shift costs of growth to existing residents.

  • Actively involved Board Officer of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority representing needs of Prior Lake residents.

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