“I have lived here for 16 years, and it is my final home,” Westenhofer told the Headlight. I think Deming has a lot of potential, and I wanted to influence that.” He had his first council meeting in January of 2004 and has been the anchor of the City Council since. How can we improve City Council meetings in the future? I think we could provide more “dashboard” type of reports to the council and general public.