Adopted in 2003 to guide the city’s economic and community development through 2023, the plan has already paid some dividends. However, a group of community leaders has been looking at the plan to see what’s been done, what needs to be started and what else can be done to improve the Port City.
Daryl Hayden will serve as President of the Fulton Common Council in 2010. “It’s going to be a tough year,” said Hayden. “We’ve been fighting the tax situation since 2004. It’s time to start looking at revenues.”
Some of the names and faces may have changed, but for Fulton’s Common Council, the challenge remains the same. Three new members of the Council were sworn in on January 1. Mayor Ron Woodward praised the newcomers for their “courage to step forward in the current times.”
Fulton Common Council meetings are likely to be a little less positive from now on, now that Bob Weston’s 16 year career as an Alderman is over. They’re also likely to be shorter.
Weston announced earlier this year he would not seek reelection as Alderman from the city’s third ward. A quick special meeting on Tuesday was the last hurrah of a political career that he said began by accident.
At its final meeting for 2009, the Common Council cites a pair of councilors who won’t be returning in 2010.
This week, city lawmakers and the Mayor agreed that perhaps those two things should not happen at the same time.
Thursday, they okayed holding a public hearing on the plan to blend the two jobs. The jobs are spelled out in the city Charter and Code. Changes to the Charter require a public hearing before the Council can vote.
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