Avon Town Council · Election Day November 3, 2026
On the ballot, Rick is Lucky No. 7!
Careful judgment for the decisions Avon makes next.
I’m Rick Sudekum — a retired attorney and a co-chair of the Avon Planning and Zoning Commission.
After 42 years of legal work, I know how to read the fine print, weigh competing interests, and make a decision I can explain out loud. That is the work I want to do for Avon: listen carefully, study the facts, ask hard questions, and focus on practical outcomes.
Four priorities
What I will work on, in plain terms.
Short enough to remember, specific enough to be held to.
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Affordable housing
Avon has already made meaningful investments of money and land in housing. I want to build on that work by evaluating outcomes, identifying practical ways to create more homes, and keeping affordability durable.
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Fiscal discipline
Careful stewardship, transparent assumptions, and project-level diligence — so residents can see what a decision is expected to cost, what it is expected to achieve, and whether it worked.
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Livable community
Safe places to walk and bike, thoughtful growth and land-use decisions, a town core that functions day to day, and steady stewardship of the natural setting that makes Avon worth living in.
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04
End Flock cameras
End Avon’s Flock license-plate reader contracts to protect residents’ privacy, and evaluate Dacra’s targeted speed-enforcement cameras separately.
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Meet Rick
A neighbor who has spent a career getting the details right.
I live here full time. I serve as a co-chair of the Avon Planning and Zoning Commission, where I read the applications, sit through the hearings, and vote on the record. I also give time to local nonprofit and community work, which is where you learn what people are actually dealing with.
My career was spent on contracts, commercial litigation, mediation, and jury trials — work that rewards preparation over volume, and candor over posturing. Town business deserves the same standard.
Local government works best when the reasoning behind a decision is as public as the decision itself. Tom Lucero
How I’ll approach the work
Five habits I’ll bring to every vote.
Listen carefully
Residents, business owners, and staff all see a different part of the same problem. Hear all of it before deciding.
Study the facts
Read the packet, the budget line, and the actual agreement — not the summary of the summary.
Ask hard questions
What does this cost, who carries the risk, and what happens if the assumptions are wrong?
Explain decisions
State the reasoning in public, in plain language, so residents can hold the decision accountable.
Focus on practical outcomes
Measure what a project delivered, and be willing to adjust course when the results say so.
Collaboration with the Council
Nothing passes alone. Build decisions that the Council can defend for the right reasons.
Questions? Call or text the campaign.
Rick answers the campaign phone himself. If you have a question about the town, or want to talk through an issue, reach out.