Candidates for Brookhaven mayor and city council answered questions about economic growth, public safety, infrastructure, taxes, and public school education.
Economic growth
District 2 City Council candidate Blake Beyer said the city should not raise taxes to pay for the new city hall, which will cost $78 million.
“We should be working harder to be more business-friendly. We should lower the cost of getting permits,” Beyer said. “We should be collaborative with our businesses and our residents with code enforcement, helping them to become compliant without … raising the costs of being non-compliant.”
