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While some candidates for Noblesville mayor may be looking in the rearview mirror to yesterday while others are focused on tomorrow, candidate Julia Church Kozicki says she believes what is happening today plays an equally important role.
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That is why “Strengthening Today” has been a focal point of her campaign, along with “Respecting Yesterday” and “Leading Tomorrow.” With a collaborative approach to the office of Mayor, Kozicki promises to reinvigorate a community-based benchmarking process. In addition, she will seek out best practices of like-sized cities and model their success factors.
“When we use city dollars, we need to have a plan on where to spend them and how to get the best return on our investment, and I believe this is the best way to transparently and proactively accomplish that,” Kozicki said.
Kozicki says she believes one of biggest challenges facing cities are the tax caps that were imposed by the state legislatures on municipalities several years ago.
“An important part of leadership is being clear about the hard decisions,” said Kozicki. “In an era of tax caps, there are hard decisions in determining both funding and priorities that will have to be addressed by the next mayor of Noblesville.”
“As we look to the immediate projects like infrastructure, we must have an intentional plan for roads, bridges and sewers that include not only the aesthetics of architectural and streetscape renderings, but how we are going to pay for it,” said Kozicki. “Likewise, we need an intentional plan to support our first responders with both compensation and facilities, and a plan for how to pay for that.”
A lifelong Republican and resident of Noblesville, Kozicki has served three terms on the Noblesville Schools Board of School Trustees and in leadership roles in numerous community organizations including the Hamilton County Leadership Academy, First United Methodist Church, the Indiana State Bar Association, Indiana School Board Association and Noblesville Tri Kappa.
For more information about Julia Church Kozicki, visit JuliaChurchKozicki.com.
You can read about Kozicki’s plans concerning “Leading Tomorrow” in Saturday’s edition of The Reporter.