Our City is facing a crossroads. Growth in the City Limits has started to stall since 2010 and growth is shifting across the Blue River into Pottawatomi County. I believe that we need to make Manhattan more attractive by lowering taxes, particularly property taxes and cutting out expensive projects like Indoor Water, Sunrise Cemetery development and Riverfront MHK.
We also should embrace the growth already happening and look at annexation of undeveloped properties in Pottawatomi. Most of our Future Growth is probably east of current city limits.
Spending priorities should focus more on roads and less on parks. The Parks and Rec sales tax should be allowed to expire and Administrative Salaries are also a concern for me.