NonpartisanServes a 3-year term of office.The City of Richmond operates under the commission-manager form of government.The mayor serves as the chief elected official and presiding officer of the City Commission.Key Responsibilities: (1) Presides over city commission meetings. (2) Acts as the official representative of the city. (3) Together with 4 elected at-large Commissioners, the mayor determines the city’s growth, adopts a budget, sets a tax rate, and manages city funds. (4) Oversees priorities such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development, and ensures city services meet the residents’ needs.
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I seek quality commercial businesses concentrating primarily on businesses that produce sales tax.
Volunteer for Richmond for many years. Attended commission meetings for 20 years. Took office knowing how to do the job I was elected to do.
Training: Spent countless hours attending city government classes/seminars
Experience: 8 years on the Richmond Historic Commission. Owned antique store 4 years downtown Richmond. Was paralegal for 10 years.
Characteristics: honest, true to myself, empathetic, able to speak to different audiences, open minded, think through before acting, independent thinker
It will be my third term (my 7th year). When I first took office six years ago, with great support and cooperation from our city commissioners, many of the goals I wanted to accomplish have been made.
In my new term and with the great commission we have we will work hard to further the goals we have been working on recently. As stated above, I do feel we need to concentrate on bringing in new commercial and retail businesses to help lower our tax rate.
Continue to encourage all residents to be involved by participating on the city’s our various committees. I will continue to promote to both the new and the established Richmond business owners of the opportunities and incentives offered by the Development Corporation of Richmond.
Transparency goes farther than just releasing information to its residents. I will continue to strive to keep our residents not only informed about new development but to explain why a decision was made and how that decision will affect them.
All city services are important priorities to me. However, both economic development and infrastructure are at the top of my list. A city needs sales tax dollars to pay for installing new and replacing old infrastructure. To address these priorities, I seek out remedies for my concerns by doing detailed research using the city’s Unified Development Code (UDC), a living document that needs constant attention and updating to keep up with the times. My concerns and research are then discussed with the city commissioners at the next commission meeting and each following commission meeting until my concerns are resolved one way or the other.
