Peter Wilk
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Capitola
Wilk previously served as Capitola's elected city treasurer and as a city planning commissioner. During his time as treasurer he argued the position's duties overlap with the city's finance director, auditors, and Financial Advisory Committee. He applied for a vacant seat on the Capitola City Council in 2025.
Positions in brief
Wilk has argued for closer, more efficient oversight of city finances, questioning whether some elected city posts duplicate work already done by city staff and other bodies.
As Capitola's then-elected treasurer, Wilk said he didn't see a clear need for voters to elect a treasurer at all, since many of the role's duties overlap with the finance director, city auditors, and the Financial Advisory Committee, and that the position has no clearly defined power beyond what's already publicly transparent in the budget. He later applied, unsuccessfully, for a vacant Capitola City Council seat in 2025; a planning commissioner background was cited alongside his treasurer experience.
On the issues
Has argued that the elected city treasurer post duplicates work already done by the finance director, auditors, and Financial Advisory Committee, and that city finances are already transparent to the public.
“I don't see any reason for voters to elect a treasurer at all, as many of its roles overlap with other authorities like the finance director, auditors and the Financial Advisory Committee.”
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