Improving the Quality of Life & Communications with Citizens
- Worked with Mecklenburg County Commissioners to begin the process of allowing Huntersville PD to police its unincorporated areas (July 1, 2018)
- Began construction on a new fire station and recreation center
- Increased funding for additional police officers
- Held Huntersville’s first Veteran’s Park Parade and Celebration
- Created Veteran’s and Public Safety liaisons
- Video streaming of board meetings, Facebook recap of town board meetings
- Conducted numerous non-required public information meetings
- Started Monthly Mayor’s luncheons
- Initiating Huntersville Huddle Ups
- Met with over 75 companies and attended numerous groundbreaking events
- Held a mid-year planning retreat and other public pre-meetings
- Attended numerous school functions, civic organizations, media interviews, HOAs and meetings with potential partners for the town.
- Approved new or modified town ordinances for dog tethering, panhandling, graffiti, pedestrian solicitation, alcohol sales at town festivals, non-profit policy, food truck ordinance, bona-fide farm, breweries in town, parking lot landscaping, degradation ordinance (CMUD)
- Changed the Traffic Impact Analsyis (TIA) ordinance to allow for larger road improvement projects from developers
- Spent fund balance to accelerate road projects such as improvements to Gilead Road between McCoy and Wynfield
- Signed School Resource Officer agreement with LKN Charter and facilities agreement for new gym at LKN Charter Elementary
- Received several grants for Ocular Melanoma, downtown aesthetic improvements, greenways
- Signed annexation agreement with Kannapolis after many years of negotiations
- Started Waymer center improvements
- Encouraged citizens to join town boards resulting in a record number of applicants
- Accelerated greenway projects:
- The Park committed land and project design for about 1 mile
- 1 mile connection from Wynfield neighborhood to Birkdale commons (2018)
- Committed $300,000 for future project – Rosewood Meadow Lane to Park & Ride on Hwy 21 with County
- Budgeted $100,000 in non-motorized funds for greenways or sidewalks
- Worked with numerous developers to secure greenway right of ways
Being Fiscally Responsible

Pottstown Community Trunk-or-Treat
- Sold Anchor Mill property $1.3 million. (3 acres of the site will be donated to County for the Greenway.)
- Canceled/delayed event center saving over $1,000,000.
- Managed debt and cash for capital improvement projects saving almost $600,000 in yearly interest payments
- Reduced town manager’s FY17 budget by about $300,000, which went into fund balance for infrastructure projects
- Passed FY 2018 budget without any tax or fee increases
- Refinanced older debt saving the town over $300,000 in interest
- Worked with the town of Davidson secure a $300,000 contribution for Bradford park improvements, Davidson’s first capital improvement contribution to the park.
- Rejected $57,000 request from Charlotte to finance marketing of a convention for League of municipalities.
- Canceled PIO position saving over $55,000
- Withdrew from LNTC saving over $25,000
- Withdrew from Metro Mayor’s saving $20,000
- Eliminated $10,000 in travel expenses
- Declined U.S Mayor’s Association membership saving $3,500
- Canceled free garbage pickup for commercial entities in the downtown area and slowed rollout of new garbage cans saving over $60,000 per year
- Withheld incentives for a company in Huntersville that did not meet targets
- Consolidated transportation into planning department
- Created a new more objective Manager’s review process
Creating a Business Friendly Atmosphere
- Established the Huntersville Ordinances Advisory Board resulting in the elimination of several ordinances and the modification of others
- HOAB gives businesses and residents a place to voice their concerns
- LUESA/Huntersville process reviewed
- Hosted breakfast linking the education community and Huntersville town staff with the business community
- Started the process of developing new rules for downtown storm water mitigation
- Began developing new downtown road work improvement plan (downtown TIA)
- Established Pre-development board – an optional board used for potential rezoning projects
- Received positive feedback from the development community
- Improved the traffic impact analysis ordinance (TIA)
- Successfully interacted with local companies to help grow their businesses (Examples: Nutec, Seartex, & Ensemble Health)