Political Podcast — Former fire chief seeks City Council seat
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Name: Dean Ellis
City: Idaho Falls
Seat: City Council, seat 5
Former Idaho Falls Fire Chief Dean Ellis looking to serve community on the City Council.
Ellis, served with the IFFD for 30 years, 12 as fire chief, says Idaho Falls is home and he wants to make it grow.
Helping “Connecting Our Community” flourish is one of the main objectives of Ellis and he says he would like to “get more miles of bike paths and foot paths and trailways around Idaho Falls.”
Ellis also wants to see a splash park built in Idaho Falls so people don’t have to drive to Rexburg to let their children play in one. He said Tautphaus Park is the logical place to build one.
“I’m not interested in raising taxes,” Ellis says. But says he also isn’t interested in seeing our infrastructure fail and would be willing to see taxes increase to keep things sound.