City Commissioner· 2025-2029
Jae Slaby
Kalamazoo
About
Jae Slaby's platform focuses on moving Kalamazoo forward into the future through innovative local governance and economic development. She has also emphasized supporting the city's nighttime community by proposing a dedicated focus on nighttime leadership and engagement.
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Campaign promises (2)
- developmentJacqueline Slaby aims to bring Kalamazoo into the future through progressive city commission initiatives.
- transparencyJae Slaby campaigned on serving as a 'night mayor' to support and focus on Kalamazoo's nighttime economy and community needs.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 3:45:16
- Avg per meeting
- 15:01
- Segments
- 1928
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Top issues during term (20)(Public Safety)
Gun violence and community safety response
$20,000 from the Commission Initiative budget, plus hotel-tax-funded county support for the youth sports center.
Ambassador Program Space Needs
Downtown Dollars moved roughly $5,690 in sales and $3,870 in spending through local businesses in July.
Kalamazoo Technical Rescue Team inter-agency agreement
Not stated in the agenda materials.
Proposed Chapter 18 and 18A ordinance edits
AI use in drafting official meeting minutes
Nomination process integrity
Speed humps in the Edison Neighborhood
Cost of speed bump installation, not specified at the meeting.
Fake invoices target historic district applicants
Scam invoices have demanded thousands of dollars from residents; the legitimate fee is $85.
Spring Valley Park police response and mobile nuisance ordinance
Public contact method for the Civil Rights Board
Civil Rights Board vacancy and nomination process
Northside community concerns
Northwestern Drive neighborhood disturbance complaints
Immigration enforcement and local police cooperation
Public access to meetings — unpublished call-in number
Medicaid eligibility changes effective January 2027
Loss of coverage could impose health care costs on affected households; no city cost identified.
Conflict-of-interest concern over landlord board member
School campus security at St. Augustine Cathedral
City website accessibility
Inmate medication access at county jail
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Slaby was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of the purchase of Public Safety radios, accessories, and software from Motorola through the MIDeal cooperative purchasing program in an amount not to exceed $264,058.86; and approval of a budget amendment for the same amount in…
G.9. 26 Public Safety vehicle lease replacements — $836,119.80
Voting record (0)(Public Safety)
No votes found matching Public Safety.