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Mayor’s Column

November, 2013 The Heath City Council recently unanimously adopted a budget for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 that maintains the existing property tax rate at .3433 per $100 of assessed value for the 22nd consecutive year.  The last time ad valorem taxes were raised in in Heath was 1991, when Heath had just over 2,000 residents […]

Mayor’s Column

July 2013 As I mentioned in my column last month, we are working to improve the City of Heath through implementing much needed capital improvements.   I want to take this opportunity to update our community on this and other issues. Bond Revenues Fund Infrastructure Repairs and Improvements At our Council meeting on July 9, […]

Mayor’s Column

June 2013 One year ago I wrote in my first column as Mayor of Heath that there were 3 areas we needed to focus on to have a positive impact upon our community, and that “First, we need to continue to improve our roads, trails, parks, public utilities and other infrastructure. “ Simply put, to […]

Mayor’s Column

April 2013 We spend a great deal of time at City Hall looking at the future of Heath in order to plan and budget for the needs of a growing community. However, when long-time Heath resident Clarice Smirl Isbell recently shared with me that the first building permit issued by the City in 1968 was […]