WAUKESHA, Wis (CBS 58) - Next Tuesday Waukesha voters will be deciding on a new mayor for the first time in over a decade.

Current mayor Shawn Riley will not seek a fourth term.

The candidates are Scott Allen and Alicia Halvensleben.

Scott Allen

Allen is a State Representative, representing Waukesha’s 82nd district.

“I’m running for mayor because it needs good, strong leadership,” Allen said.

Halvensleben is the Common Council President in Waukesha.

“I wanted to make sure that the place I fell in love with would be a place that would continue to thrive,” Halvensleben said.

Both candidates have kept a balanced city budget high on their list of priorities if they take office.

Allen wants to attract investors and developers by promoting the city.

“You become a persistent promotion machine, and you sell its advantages,” Allen said. “I want to be front and center right out promoting those advantages to investors and developers.”

Alicia Halvensleben

Halvensleben is looking to improve the city by looking internally.

“We have to think about other ways that we can increase revenue, whether that’s through redevelopment, we’re a pretty built out city so we don’t have a lot of green space so we have to think about ways that we can maximize our tax base on some of the properties,” Halvensleben said.

Both candidates say that Waukesha has not gotten enough money from the state to support the development of the city.

“We’ve got to figure out a way to get people on board with any possible changes in the shared revenue distribution, that’s a political process,” Allen said. “After having spent at least 11 years in the state capitol I know my way around, not just the people that are there, but also the statutes.”

Halvensleben says Allen should have already been helping in his position and hopes her municipal experience can help funnel more money into the city.

“He’s had the opportunity to help us out ya know, he’s meant to represent us in the state legislature and unfortunately as we’ve talked about we aren’t getting our fair share of state aid right now and he could have changed that and he hasn’t,” Halvensleben said.

Both candidates don’t want to raise taxes on residents and are pushing a transparent agenda, looking to keep Waukesha residents informed and in the loop on city decisions.

Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday April 7.