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FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY |
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 Balanced budget annually |
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No property tax increases during the two years as Mayor |
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No property tax increases 7 of the 8 years on the council (voted no on the one property tax increase that went into effect) |
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Government Finance Officer’s Association awarded WDM with the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award |
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Government Finance Officers Association awarded WDM with a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting |
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Third lowest tax rate out of the top 10 cities in Iowa |
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AAA Bond Rating from Standard & Poors (one of only 127 cities nationally) |
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION |
Working with Senator Grassley |
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Numerous City of West Des Moines Awards and Recognition (View) |
Working with Senator Harkin |
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Relocate America named West Des Moines in the Top 100 Places to Live (View) |
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Business Week named West Des Moines one of its top 10 affordable suburbs |
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Business Week named West Des Moines as one of the Best Places to Raise your kids |
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Fortune named West Des Moines one of the Top 100 placed to live and launch a business |
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ULX Entertainment/Retail Synergies Publication - Jordan Creek Town Center award (View) |
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Business Record Names West Des Moines "Best City Government for Conducting Business" (Read More) |
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PROGRESS & DEVELOPMENT |
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Increased communications with residents (e.g., implemented the City’s website, e-mail addresses for all elected officials and City staff and annual Citizen’s Attitude Survey, etc.) |
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Established West Des Moines Human Rights Commission |
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Starting in 1998 and each year thereafter the Business Record annual survey has voted WDM both the “Best City to Live In” and “City government most conducive to Business” |
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Significantly increased the City’s public safety staff (e.g., added 10 new police officers, 14 new full-time fire fighters and 7 new EMS employees) (Letter from Police Chief) |
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Fastest growing city in Iowa |
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Significantly increased budget and facilities for the City's Human Services Department |
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Record levels of residential and commercial development (2008 was record year with $490 million) |
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Increased cooperation with surrounding cities, school districts and counties (e.g., Westcom, WestHelp, joint school park site with Waukee School District, etc.) |
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One of only four cities in the nation with all three public safety departments (police, fire and EMS) nationally accredited. |
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Since 2000, West Des Moines invested $180 million in infrastructure |
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MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS COMPLETED |
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Library |
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Nature Lodge and the majority of Raccoon River Park’s development (e.g., softball fields, recreation trail, beach, boat ramp, etc.) |
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Westown Parkway bridge, Mills Civic Parkway interchange and interchanges at both 50th and 60th Streets |
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Record annual investment in maintenance of existing streets and sewers |
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Paved more than 18 miles of recreation trails |
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Added over 600 acres of new City park land |
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Constructed the new Valley View Aquatic Center |
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Railroad Avenue Street reconstructed |
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MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN WEST DES MOINES |
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Wells Fargo built both a 420,000 square foot office building south of University Ave. and a 960,000 square foot corporate campus south of Mills Civic Parkway |
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General Growth Properties constructed Jordan Creek Town Center (approximately 2,000,000 square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment) |
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West Glen Town Center |
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Villages of Ponderosa |
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Mercy and Iowa Methodist completing new hospitals (both in excess of $100 million) |
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AVIVA is building North American Headquarters in West Des Moines (360,000 square feet) |
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REVITALIZATION OF VALLEY JUNCTION |
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Completed Flood Levy |
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Completed Valley Junction Streetscape Plan |
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Completed Holiday Park Master Plan |
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Completed Holiday Pool renovation project |
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Record financial support of Valley Junction Foundation |
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Continued efforts to promote affordable housing |
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Railroad Avenue Reconstruction and Lincoln Avenue Paving |
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Fire Protection Sprinkler System Infrastructure |
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Designated a "Great Place" by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs |
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Streetscape, Wayfinding, Identity and Directory Signage |
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PAID FOR BY GAER FOR MAYOR |
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