Jamin has a bachelor's degree and an MBA from Kennesaw State University. He is a member of Kaiser Permanente's Executive Employer Advisory Council, Atlanta Apartment Association's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, president of the Duluth Cluster School Foundation and a member of the school council at Coleman Middle School. He has lived in Duluth with his husband and their son since 2005.

Information on Jamin's professional background is not available at this time.

Jamin Harkness' campaign for city council is his first entry into politics.

As of August 23, 2021, Jamin Harkness’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Services

COVID

City Budget

Plans to improve areas around workforce housing by installing more sidewalks and improving street maintenance and sewer management.

Supports the Multifamily Housing Inspection Program to hold landlords accountable for maintaining their apartment communities.

- Plans to improve areas around workforce housing by installing more sidewalks and improving street maintenance and sewer management.
- Supports the Multifamily Housing Inspection Program to hold landlords accountable for maintaining their apartment communities.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports "the path and trajectory of our police department" and its efforts to engage with the city community.

- Supports "the path and trajectory of our police department" and its efforts to engage with the city community.

Public Safety

Plans to continue partnering with the state to build and enhance pedestrian crossings over the highways in Duluth.

Wants to install more electric car charging stations in parking lots and prepare "for the future with autonomous cars."

- Plans to continue partnering with the state to build and enhance pedestrian crossings over the highways in Duluth.
- Wants to install more electric car charging stations in parking lots and prepare "for the future with autonomous cars."

Transportation & Infrastructure

Zoning

Jamin Harkness

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- City council is tasked with ensuring the health, comfort, and safety of residents of the city 
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