For Granbury Mayor
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City Planning and Development must be overhauled to create a more user friendly environment for applicants trying to do business in Granbury. The City needs to be in the business of helping in the process without compromising our standards. Be in the business of “Let’s see how we can make this work” instead of the business of “No”.
This is in the best interest of the citizens, property owner, and city staff.
Granbury has been a member of the TEX-21 coalition for over a decade. I was a member of TEX-21 from 2016 through my second term on City Council in 2021. TxDOT had scheduled the widening of the Granbury project for 2032. I, with the help of the city manager and county judge, worked on breaking the project into phases. Through multiple meetings and negotiations, we moved the project up to a 2026 start date.
We have worked tirelessly at the city to be good stewards of the taxpayers' dollars.
With one of the lowest tax rates in the region, our quality of life in this city surpasses
those whose rates are much higher.
Under my leadership on the city council, Granbury has been awarded the Texas Transparency Award every year since 2016.
The mayor and city council should set government policy, then get out of the way of city administration so they can implement it according to best practices. Since 2015, we have empowered our city manager to form a team based on accountability, transparency, and professionalism.
We must exercise smart growth. I work in an industry (financial services) that is built on regulations. I know the difference between unnecessary roadblocks and needed oversight.
When I was elected in 2015, we were over a decade behind on the basic services that a city is to provide most notably water and sewer. Since that time, we have approved several projects to address this while attempting to stay ahead of unprecedented growth. We are not through with these challenges and I will keep the city moving forward and make the tough choices.
Coming out of the unnecessary delays and moratorium, this is more important than ever.
With the help of Councilman Bruce Wadley, since January 2019, I helped form quarterly workshops inviting the other leaders of the community to come together and brainstorm on ideas to save the taxpayers on projects and coordinating plans going forward. With participation from the Granbury ISD, Hood County Commissioners Court, Hood County Sheriff's Department, Granbury Police Department, and your Granbury City Council, we have been able to come together in a team setting to plan for current and long term projects.
While this seems like a simple task, there was a time when this type of workshop would have seemed impossible.