Tavares City Council · Nov 3, 2026
Doug Keown
Council Member, Seat 4; term ends November 2027City of Tavares
Doug Keown (Council Member, Seat 4) is not on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot and will stay on the Tavares City Council after the election.
Retired Navy lieutenant commander and adjunct professor of Social Work at the University of Central Florida, holding Tavares City Council Seat 4.
Where Doug Keown stands: positions on the record
Four-year terms1 sourced position
Quoted by the Orlando Sentinel on the cost and savings of moving council elections (April 2026).
“What we might spend to get this done will be turned back to us five-fold in a four-year term because we’re projected to spend $14,000 and we would save $70,000 in four years”
Own statementOrlando Sentinel · Apr 20, 2026
Property tax rate1 sourced position
Seconded the motion to set the maximum tentative operating millage rate at 7.2000 mills and voted yes (3-2 vote, July 2026).
Council voteCity Council minutes, July 15, 2026 (in the August 5, 2026 agenda packet) · Jul 15, 2026
Police staffing1 sourced position
as recorded in the City Council minutes; not a direct quote
Said he supported restoring two police officer positions removed from the proposed budget (as recorded in the minutes, August 2026).
Own statementCity Council minutes, August 5, 2026 · Aug 5, 2026
Mayor selection1 sourced position
Voted yes on electing Lori Pfister as Mayor (4-1, November 2025).
Council voteCity Council minutes, November 19, 2025 · Nov 19, 2025
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