Stacey Graus has served on the city council for 28 years.
Graus said in a 2024 election profile interview that his top priorities include managing growth; working with the county and the state to ensure infrastructure needs are met; ensuring the city is in a good financial position; providing additional amenities to citizens; and ensuring a safe community.
Graus faces Tom Baldridge, Patrick Blair, Laura Fincher, Michael McGrath, Nick Sears and Christopher Vaught-Hall in the Nov. 3 general election.
“I have seen economic downturn and upturn while sitting on council,” Graus said in 2024. “I have been the finance chairman for several years so I am intimately aware of the budgetary needs of the city as well as how to grow the city coffers.”
Should he be reelected, Graus said he prioritizes continuing to ensure that roads are paved, the community is safe, the city appropriately manages its budget and improving the residents’ quality of life.
Graus said he has worked with different mayors and department heads throughout his tenure and will use his 28 years of experience to anticipate issues and deal with them head-on.
LINK nky attempted to make contact with Stacey Graus multiple times, but he did not respond. Information that appears in this profile was drawn from social media accounts, on-the-record statements at public events and other information publicly available.