About Scott

Scott was born and raised in Neenah, Wisconsin. He attended Neenah schools and is a 1986 Neenah High School graduate. Scott is proud of his hometown and wants to serve the community he knows and loves.

  • Scott has thirteen years of experience working in the state legislature, including ten years as Chief of Staff for Appleton’s Rep. Steve Wieckert in charge of policy and communications.

    During his tenure, forty-nine bills and budget provisions were passed into law, including Wisconsin Senior Care, which provides 100,000 seniors with discount prescription drugs monthly.

    Scott has received awards of recognition from both the Wisconsin Department of Veteran Affairs and UW-Health.

    After leaving state government service, he worked on projects with UW-Platteville, the YMCA of Dane County, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, the Neenah Joint School District, and The Brigade. The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association selected the WKOW Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County public service campaign that he created as Best Significant Community Impact Award, 2nd Place.

    Scott loved his time working in state government, and is wanting to jump back in and serve the community of Neenah as mayor.

  • “I'm fighting for the average, hardworking Neenah residents who pay more in city taxes than two years ago, while seeing city services cut.

    We need to focus on core services, fill open police positions, repair crumbling infrastructure, grow our business districts to achieve lower taxes, and improve public safety to eliminate issues like drug houses.

    We don't need to buy $700 trees in the 2026 city budget, spend $500,000 on outside lawyers and lawsuits or spend $800,000 on consultants for Arrowhead Park. Budgets are choices; needs not wants.

    Ultimately, I want to be a can do mayor, not a mayor “can’t talk”. We need to be aggressive on restoring the Neenah we love,” Becher said.

  • “Affordability: Neenah's cost of living is spiking, pushing homeowners on fixed incomes out of their homes. I will focus city resources on basic services to rein in spending.

    Roads: A single mother said one city road popped her tire, and she had to buy a new one. As mayor, I will take the politics out of road construction by fixing the worst roads first by addressing the 36.5% of roads in fair and failing condition.

    Accountability: I will restore transparency by sending out committee agendas two weeks in advance, compared to the current policy of as little as 24 hours.

    These core beliefs will make a better Neenah,” Becher said.

Making a Better Neenah

  • Scott plans to have the best city services in the Fox Cities by benchmarking, looking at best practices, and getting the insights for improving efficiencies from all city workers.

  • Neenah now has the worst roads in the Fox Cities according to PACER scoring. Roads needs to be a priority instead of an afterthought as Neenah hallmark streets like Wisconsin Avenue and Forest Avenue have fallen into a complete state of disrepair. We will work to completely eliminate the millions of dollar in backlogged road projects on a benchmarked five years time frame and get roads better or comparable to our Fox Cities neighbors.

  • By investing in neighborhood parks, planting new trees on the terrace, reviving our historic neighborhoods, working to return historic homes back to single family residents from sex offender halfway houses, we will return Neenah to be the Fox Valley destination city for professionals and young families.

  • Neenah’s business districts and its proximity to the Fox Valley are great assets, while taxes and economic development are challenges that need to be addressed. Revitalizing business districts like Doty Island and South Commercial Street will increase the tax base, grow the local economy, and create jobs. One of Scott’s solutions is to create a new Doty Island Economic Development Coordinator position to act as liaison for business development and work with South Commercial Street businesses to explore creating a business improvement district or a non-profit entity that would bring new businesses to the district.