Thanks to all who have been sending along their congratulations on my recent election as mayor. I am honored and humbled to be able to serve in this way.
For those who are unsure, the mayor in Kirksville’s “city manager” form of government is basically just the chairperson of the council. It’s the mayor’s responsibility to run the meetings, serve as a leader of sorts for the council, and represent the city at various events and functions. I don’t have any more “power” or influence than anyone else on the council. In Kirksville, it’s the city manager (Mari Macomber) who gets the big bucks and does the grueling 24-7 work of making sure our city services run efficiently – not the mayor.
Had a terrific lunch meeting with Lynn Daniels today, our newly hired Downtown Director of the KDIC. She has the genesis of some terrific ideas for leading the downtown into economic success, but right now she’s in a fact-gathering mission, meeting with all the business owners and building owners in the downtown area to hear what they have to say. I think she’s going to do well. It will be good to have a person full-time focused toward improving the downtown. I feel like we have a lot of the puzzle pieces already, but until now really lacked the singular leadership to be able to put them together into a cohesive whole. Please join me in welcoming Lynn into her new position.
Now, what do you think about the feasibility of these two ideas in Kirksville?:
Burning waste to generate electricity
A system for online reporting of stuff that needs fixin’
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We just moved here from Columbia, MO. They have an online reporting system. I used it to report debris and obstacles in the bike lanes. Until I got the local MoDOT engineer’s cell phone number, I also used it to report traffic signals that didn’t detect bicycles or that were too short for a cyclist (or pedestrian!) to cross.
I think it’s a great idea and I hope it would work as well in Kirksville as it has in Columbia.
@Rachel: Thanks for the tip!
Actually, our current online reporting system looks very similar to what Columbia has. You can find it here: Report a problem
You can find this page when you click the big red “Report a Problem” button that we have since put on the homepage. Thank you for your feedback!