Oakdale City Council Candidate Forum

The Oakdale Area Chamber of Commerce will again be hosting a candidate forum on Wednesday October 16, 2024 @ 7:00p.m. - Oakdale City Hall.  The forum will be televised as well as pushed out post event on several social media platforms.

Format of the event will be as follows:

1. Each candidate will be given 3 minutes to provide an opening statement.  Order of those statements will be randomly generated and done prior to the event.
2. Each candidate will be given 1 minute for a closing statement.  The order of closing statements will be reverse of opening statements.
3. In between – the moderators will be asking questions as time allows of all candidates.  Candidates are asked to be concise with their answers. Questions will come from Chamber Members ahead of time, from the live audience and from the viewing audience.  ALL questions will be screened by the moderators and hosts real time.
4. Question period will end at 8:25p.m.
5. No questions of a personal nature or anything that includes personal character attacks will be permitted – either from our audience or from fellow candidates.