Cedar Hill’s New Mayor Taking The Reins “There’s A Lot Of Work To Get Achieved”
CEDAR HILL TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) – Former Mayor of Cedar Hill, Tom Richards accomplished his last time period as Mayor in November with the election of Marquitta Pettus to the Cedar Hill Metropolis Fee. Mayor Richards served as a Mayor and Metropolis Commissioner all through the final 20 years. Cedar Hill has seen a number of adjustments all through his years of service, which included park upgrades, paving and plenty of different tasks. Town hosted a Luncheon to honor his retirement from metropolis authorities in November.
Likewise in November, the Cedar Hill Metropolis Fee went via appointments. Vice Mayor John Edwards was appointed to Mayor and Marquitta Pettus was appointed to Vice Mayor. Vice Mayor Pettus’s father, Jimmy Bigsbee served as a Metropolis Commissioner for a few years.
The brand new administration rapidly set to work with approving a basketball court docket for the park.
“We wished to proceed our dedication to supply actions at our park for each age. I received actually hands-on final 12 months and my colleagues allowed me to actually work on numerous playground additions from the planning course of during shifting gravel and the set up course of,” stated Cedar Hill Mayor John Edwards. “Michael Kennedy volunteered his time and tools to arrange the location for the a number of upgrades and Jason Newberry and his guys had been sort sufficient to assist transfer gravel again. That’s what makes our neighborhood particular. It’s full of parents that simply need to roll up their sleeves and make our neighborhood higher. The basketball court docket can be an actual asset to households and to older children and I’m excited to see that wrap up someday round March hopefully.”
Upon coming in as Mayor, Mayor Edwards found that the town hadn’t been working based on its constitution.
“Our metropolis operates as a Metropolis Supervisor/ Aldermanic Constitution, which implies that we’re speculated to have a Metropolis Supervisor. We’ve by no means had one, so we’re working carefully with our companions with MTAS and our authorized workforce to position the items to lastly adjust to our constitution necessities. I knew that we had an extended listing of issues we would have liked to do to make Cedar Hill higher and to strengthen our metropolis, however I by no means dreamed that will contain ranging from scratch with the Constitution and Metropolis Supervisor. I’ve at all times been massive on wanting on the silver lining of conditions so I see alternative via the uncertainty. We’ll come via this in a greater kind and with a deal with being extra clear, environment friendly and efficient in dealing with the long run points which have already arrived and are to return.
“General, there’s numerous work to get executed to get us the place the residents need to be with reference to our metropolis. I feel our board understands that and I really feel we’re going to do some nice issues for our neighborhood, however it’s going to be a journey. As Mayor, I’m on the clock and I do know that numerous our choices and paths will in the end be a referendum on how I’ve led when the 2024 election rolls round. I’ve at all times informed people that; personally, I’m not involved with making choices to make sure my political lifespan. I need to do the perfect I can do to make a distinction in our neighborhood. I’ve that very same expectation for our employees and I’ll have that very same expectation for our Metropolis Supervisor. In our rezoning battle a number of years in the past, I put our neighborhood forward of numerous issues and I received numerous feedback from people saying that was dangerous for my political future, however that’s not a priority I carry with me. I’d relatively fail at daring drastically than reach mediocrity.
“A Metropolis Supervisor goes to be an unbelievable alternative to convey on certified employees that may assist our metropolis in each approach. We’re speaking about numerous issues that our metropolis must implement and set reminiscent of personnel insurance policies, laws, municipal codes, protocols to make sure accountable progress and different issues we have to function to the perfect of our potential and to make sustainable progress in making our metropolis and neighborhood higher. Whereas specializing in preserving our metropolis and our character, we’re additionally engaged on bringing our metropolis ahead in some situations and stepping into the companies of being proactive as an alternative of being reactive.
“Cedar Hill has a wealthy historical past and I feel our future can be simply as brilliant as these glory days. We’ve received work to do however something value doing is well worth the effort. The distinctive factor about our neighborhood and one thing I’ve seen personally is that our metropolis and our neighborhood is completely full of parents who’re there once we want them. Our fee is various and I feel we’re going to perform nice issues collectively together with our wonderful neighborhood members.”
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