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 Staff Reports

If elected Mayoral Candidate Javarise J. Terry issues his 100-Day plan to the citizens of Americus. In his first 100 days as Mayor, Javarise Terry has created a plan to propose to Americus City Council that would swiftly implement a progressive agenda to address issues in our city. This agenda would strategically implement issues in the area(s) of Crime, Affordable Housing, Economic Development / Workforce Development. In addition to building a new ethnics and transparency policies in our local government.

0-30 Days ( Internal and External Engagement):

Actions Steps:

• Conduct District Town Hall Meetings.
• Facilitate listening engagement for Internal Stakeholders
  • City Departments
• Work alongside city council and leadership team to conduct a city transitional audit.

31-60 Days ( Community, Organization, Retention, and Economy) CORE Plan:

Action Steps:

Community:

• Establish a citizen advisory board to promote and advance culture, inclusiveness, and diversity within the city.
• Create initiatives to bring together churches, community leaders, businesses, and governmental agencies to revitalize neighborhoods through clean-up efforts.
• Host a breakfast roundtable discussion to promote efforts towards building community wellness and to help combat covid-19.
• Create plans to address Infrastructure needs including roads and bridges and public walkways.
• Create and address educational programs and recreational activities for the youth.
• Promote and partner with nonprofit organizations to support and help families find better access to affordable housing.

Organization:

• Ensure budgetary processes are transparent, timely and reflective of shared strategic plan between stakeholders and city council.
• Building two-way communication outlets through social media, surveys, and other media to facilitate internal and external feedback.

Retention / Recruitment:

• Focus on retaining existing employees and promote recruitment initiatives to attract newer talents.

Economy:

• Building collaborative partnership between city council and county commissioners, public schools, and post-secondary systems to improve and dynamic workforce.
• Promote and expand city engagement efforts with local payroll development authority (PDA) and chamber of commerce.
• Create a small business advisory council to promote small business growth and expansion.
• Building and investing in newer programs and initiatives to support local small businesses and entrepreneurs.
• Support agricultural needs to meet supply and demand and build opportunities for expansion.

61-100 Days (Accountability)

Action Plans:

• Create and develop a strategic framework plan based on stakeholder data from townhall and stakeholder meetings.
• Promote healthy conversation between law enforcement and citizens concerning community policing.

 

Early Voting continues until October 29^th, 2021, from 8:00am-5:00p.m. Election Day is November 2^nd, 2021.