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Raising the Bar for Frankfort’s Future

Re-Elect Mayor Judy Sheets in the Republican Primary

Voting takes place Tuesday, May 4, 2027

The Results of Experience

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Photo Credit: Clinton County Daily News / Kaspar Media

Growth That Fits Frankfort

  • Since 2021, Frankfort has issued 4,857 building permits representing more than $144 million in construction value.

  • 131 new homes and 115 commercial and industrial buildings put into use

  • Frito-Lay has reinvested roughly $15.4 million into its Frankfort operations across five separate projects because they intend to stay

  • Downtown revitalization has taken place including First Bank Midwest, Clinton County Annex, and multiple historic building facade and interior renovations

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Public Safety That Protects

  • A new police station built to grow with the future chapters of the city of Frankfort

  • ILEAC State Accreditation of our Police Department in 2024

  • Nine firefighters added to our Fire Department since 2021

  • A new Engine 3, command truck, and brush truck now in service for our Fire Department

  • Fire Station 4 will open near the end of 2026, the first new fire station in Frankfort in 57 years

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Strategic Street Improvements

  • Adopted a Pazer Rating system to guide street improvements throughout the City of Frankfort

  • We have pursued roughly $900,000 a year in Community Crossings matching funds that have enabled strong project progress throughout the City annually, along with bringing sidewalks and curb ramps up to date with accessibility standards —> 13 roadways in 2025, alone!

  • The Maish Road improvement project was accepted in 2025, creating additional sidewalks and connectivity to Kelley Road while improving bridge infrastructure

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Parks to be Proud Of

  • Beautifully renovated the Frankfort Neighborhood Center in 2023

  • The opening of the Sapphire Bay Aquatic Center and Prairie Creek Park Splash Pad

  • Completed the full renovation of the TPA Park Concession Stand in 2024

  • Replaced the roofs on 5 structures at TPA Park in 2024: parks office, Bandstand, Rock House Garage, Rock House, and the Log Cabin

  • In 2024, new Pickleball courts at TPA and Dorner Park have added a family-friendly activity on two sides of the community

  • Newly replaced playground equipment at Third Street Park in 2025

  • Renovated basketball courts at TPA Park will be completed in 2026

The Sheets Standard

Frankfort does not have to choose between growing and staying the place we love. The Sheets Standard is a simple promise to raise the bar on both, with careful stewardship, honest answers, and a plan built from what residents actually want.

I want to grow Frankfort without losing what makes Frankfort home.

I want Frankfort to grow. I want new jobs, new businesses, and reasons for our young people to build their lives right here at home. I have spent my whole life in this town, and I am not content to sit still while the world moves around us.

Growth only counts if it still feels like Frankfort when it is done. Our our downtown, our parks, and the small-town character our families count on is worth holding onto. We can have both, and I intend to make sure we do. We will grow on our own terms, as the town we are, and not as a copy of anyplace else.

I will continue to listen first, then lead.

Good decisions start with listening. This year (2026) we launched Frankfort's Comprehensive Plan and asked residents what they want for the next ten and twenty years. More than four hundred of you answered, and I read what you said.

This plan is not built on my ideas, or on anyone's from out of town. It is built on yours. That is how I have always tried to lead, by listening first and then getting to work, and it is how I will keep moving Frankfort forward.

I promise to always be careful with your money.

Being Mayor is the role that oversees the whole city: every department, every budget, and the property taxes that come out of your paycheck. I have spent more than forty years serving this community, including twelve years as your Clerk-Treasurer, watching over the city's money the same way you watch over your own.

That care shows up in the work: the roads we have improved, the grants we have brought home, and the projects we have delivered without gambling with your taxes. With the state's new property tax rules affecting us as a city most notably in 2027 and beyond, this is no time for Frankfort to learn its finances on the fly. Careful stewardship is what I have always done, and it is what I will keep doing for you.

I am honest about what’s really happening.

You deserve a mayor who tells you the truth, even when it is not what you want to hear. Take the trains. I know how much they frustrate all of us, blocking the crossings and cutting the north side off from the hospital when minutes matter.

I have carried that fight all the way to the federal level, and I will keep pushing. Even when situations, like our railroad crossings, are out of our control, I would rather tell you the truth and keep working than make a promise we both know I cannot keep.