It has been my honor and privilege to serve the citizens
on the Newport City Council the last two years. I believe this the best city in
Oregon and I would like to continue to work hard to keep it that way.
One of the things that I am particularly proud of is
establishing the City Council Town Halls. To date we have had five meetings
around town where the council meets informally with area residents. The goal is
to have direct talks about specific issues that they face in their
neighborhoods. I have met with small neighbor groups to discuss a particular problem
in their part of town by bringing city staff and citizens together and we were
able to get specific needs solved.
The city over the past few years has been faced with
difficult and complex financial issues and I believe that the council has been
successful in turning them around and pointing them in the right direction. The
city’s reserve fund was dangerously low and we were able to develop a policy
that will incrementally increase the reserves to an acceptable level. The
elimination of the negative budget funding methods that were not proper is
another major accomplishment we have addressed in the last two years.
Looking forward we still have financial issues that means
we need to continue fiscal responsibility to make sure our limited resources go
further. This will include a close watch on current city spending in such areas
as the water treatment plant and find the resources to fund the Agate Beach
Water tank. We need to continue the collaboration between city staff and
citizens in directly approaching complex issues and finding workable solutions
that satisfies all involved.
To these ends I would ask for your vote for Dean Sawyer
for City Council on November 6th, 2012.
If elected, it will be my honor and privilege to serve you. If you wish to
contact me please email me at retcop@charter.net
