Curt Hilmer.

Ahead of the Nov. 5, 2024 General Election, Tama-Grundy Publishing correspondent Michael Davis sent questionnaires to all the candidates running for the Tama County Board of Supervisors. This week we feature responses from Curt Hilmer who is running for District 1 as a Republican and Heather Knebel who is running for District 3 as a Republican. Both are running unopposed in their respective races. Click here for Knebel’s responses.

Curt Hilmer, 59, is the Republican incumbent for Supervisor District 1. He is a resident of Dysart. His family includes daughter Kelsi (Steven) Stoner and their children Logan and Briggs; daughter Raini (Ben) Chapman and their children Calli and Cooper; son Brady Hilmer; and daughter Jaimi Hilmer.

District 1 includes the entire top tier of townships (Lincoln, Grant, Buckingham, and Geneseo) as well as Clark, Carroll, Oneida, and parts of far northern York. The district encompasses the communities of Dysart, Clutier, Lincoln, and Buckingham.

1. What is something that you wish to change in your role as county supervisor?

Nothing comes to mind.

2. What is the largest issue facing Tama County today, in your opinion?

Renewable energy.

3. Why is 5 supervisors better than 3?

Not sure it is, we will have to wait and see.

4. Do you think wind energy has a place in Tama County?

Not industrially.

5. Why do you wish to be a supervisor?

Keep a pulse on what is happening in Tama County.

6. Why do you think the job of a supervisor is important?

To try to be an extension of the people in your district.

7. What are your thoughts on EMS becoming an essential service in Tama County?

Hopefully doing so, EMS can stay active in all our communities.

8. If you had a superpower, what superpower would you have?

Photographic memory.

9. You are stranded on a desert island with one snack and one movie; what are they?

Pizza. The Green Mile.

10. If voters wish to ask you a question, how would they contact you?

curthilmer@gmail.com