Hello Friends,
Yesterday, my colleagues elected me as Chairman of the Board. It’s a tremendous honor. My focus is increased prosperity and enhanced safety for all Maricopa County residents. The link to video of my speech is below.
Thank you,
-Tom
Chairman Galvin’s Speech Highlights:
- Aims to bring increased prosperity and safety to Maricopa County.
- Advocates for more support for law enforcement: including efforts to end federal oversight at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and an improved compensation structure for deputies, detention officers, and dispatchers.
- Wants to hire first-ever economic development advocate.
- Seeks to implement a new budgetary ‘performance measurement’ system to reduce waste, align resources with priorities, deliver impactful results to the taxpayer
- Commits to work with housing experts to find ways the county can be helpful and taking a hard look at county policies and regulations that stand in the way of building homes that people can afford, like modernizing the zoning ordinance, updating land use policies, and advocating for local control.
- Wants election results faster.
- Advocates for employee program that will recognize and reward rising stars, those high-performing employees who are going to become future County leaders.
- Work with Diamondbacks to find a taxpayer friendly resolution for Chase Field.
- Forming an advisory panel of local leaders to explore ways of bringing NHL hockey back to the Valley.
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