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Benjamin Neff

Independent for Langley Township Council

Businesses & Jobs

Economic Growth

Update the Township's economic development strategy for the Langley of today, with SkyTrain arriving, agriculture changing and a population that has grown quickly, to support more local jobs.

Local Government, Planning, & Democracy

Budgeting

Respect for the taxpayer. Push to keep property tax increases at or below inflation. Every new commitment should come with a real plan to pay for it before Council votes yes.

Long-Term Plan

Update the Township's Rural Plan together with the farmers and families who live under it, so the rules are clear, the approvals are predictable, and anyone investing in agriculture here knows where they stand.

Public Engagement

With provincially mandated lack of public consultation, a review of neighbourhood plans that puts resident input at the front of the process, before applications are filed.

Public Safety & Policing

Police Funding

Ensure that we have appropriate police staffing and positions allotted to address the incoming Skytrain and impacts of policing de-integration.

Biography

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Benjamin Neff is an independent candidate for Township of Langley Council and a resident of Murrayville, dad, and small business owner. He is the principal of Hoftag Consulting, a planning and public affairs firm. He holds a Master of Public Policy from University of Calgary.

Benjamin Neff is running as an independent for Township of Langley Council. He has lived in the Township for the past decade and has been involved in the Langley community all his life, through minor sports, local community groups and his church. He and his wife are raising their young son in Murrayville.

Benjamin is principal of Hoftag Consulting, a Langley-based public affairs firm. For close to ten years he has helped families, businesses and community organizations work through government when it wasn't working for them at the federal, provincial and municipal levels. He knows the challenges businesses, residents, families, and landowners face every day. He helps them work through the process, solve problems, find solutions so that government isn't a hinderance but we can achieve better outcomes for individuals and the wider community. That work has given him a practical view of how local government decisions land on the people applying for them, and where the process can be made clearer without lowering standards. He holds a Master of Public Policy from the University of Calgary.

Benjamin believes Langley's balance of farmland and a growing city is rare, and that it won't keep itself. He is running to help the Township grow with discipline, fund what it promises, and make its decisions easy for residents to follow.

See Benjamin Neff's election promises

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