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Bill Wells
Candidate for City Commissioner
The most effective way to “get things done” at city hall is working with others in collaborative efforts. Whether it is with staff, other elected officials, or with neighborhood leaders and residents, identifying challenges and potential solutions requires having good relations with others. For over 20 years I have been working with people from all walks of life to help make Covington a better place to live. Here are some examples of how effective collaboration can be.
The SAFER Grant and the city’s Fleet Management Plan would not have been possible if I had not shown elected officials and city staff how effective it would be to use a grant to extend the city’s funding for new firefighters and how our costs could be reduced if we took a planned approach to replacing Police and Fire Equipment. Through a collaborative effort we saved tens of thousands of dollars and improved city services.
Improving the public’s knowledge of our budget and financial expenditures through “Open Government” required building support at city hall for prioritizing accountability and shared information with the public.As a result of arguments I made, the city adopted the system allowing all citizens access to the budget, thereby increasing trust for the budget process. I pledge, that as your Commissioner, I will work to reinstate this system.
In Peaselburg flooding was wreaking havoc with people’s lives and solutions seemed impossible, but I took the initiative to work with Sanitation District No. 1 to develop a series of drainage catch basins that have dramatically reduced flooding issues and the costs for that system were shared making the
investment more efficient.
Bill Wells
Candidate for City Commissioner
Bill Wells Campaign Fund
110 Crystal Lake Drive
Covington, KY 41017
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After helping bring the issue of the need to redesign and improve safety along Hands Pike in South Covington, I worked with Kentucky State Senator Chris McDaniel and State Representatives Kim Moser and Stephanie Dietz, to acquire state transportation monies to improve this major local thoroughfare. Building relationships like this takes initiative and results in improvements for all of our residents.
As a Commissioner, I supported neighborhood efforts to protect and preserve resident parking with the leadership of the Mutter Gottes Neighborhood Association and The Historic Licking Riverside Civic Association (HLRCA)
In 2017 I pushed to adopt the newly revised neighborhood plan the leadership of the Austinburg Neighborhood Association had authored. With the Latonia I worked alongside neighborhood residents engaged in beautification efforts, planting and caring for the many planters in Latonia and helped install
five historic signs at Ritte’s Corner. With the membership of the Monte Casino Neighborhood Association, I helped install the Monte Casino neighborhood sign on Pointe Benton Road.
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