#city-governance

#city-governance

I'm deeply grateful to the residents and businesses for enduring this unexpected boil water advisory. Residents and businesses expect better, and I am as committed as ever to finding the problems and fixing them.

The audit revealed concerning patterns, such as failing to interview key individuals in investigations and lack of communication with complainants throughout the processes.

Is it any wonder that City Council meetings nowadays easily dissolve into even more municipal desmadre?

"At the end of the day, I think let the best man or woman win," Commissioner Miguel Angel Gabela said. He added that he didn't want any "finger pointing" if the commission were to appoint someone.

In opposing the raises, I believe we are holding ourselves accountable and showing that our priority lies with the community rather than our paychecks.

Mahan seeks to tie pay raises for city leaders to measurable results, focusing on key goals such as ending homelessness and improving community safety.

"One of the things that I most wanted was a five-year contract instead of the typical three- or four-year contract, because I wanted to maintain that stability for a period of time and send the right message about stability to those that we recruit and those that we're attempting to retain."