The Smith Plan

A Plan to Rebuild Communities

Job Creation

  • Recruit an economic team to lead communities into the future
  • Lay a solid infrastructure to attract investment
  • Small business incubation
  • Honest and fair interplay with each business
  • Emphasis on spending local tax money with local business

Professional Government

  • A role model for community and employees
  • Innovative, building superior reputation throughout Indiana
  • Open, honest, coordinated services

City Government Staffed by Professional Criteria

  • Department leadership appointed for their professional abilities, skills and understanding
  • Leaders given the authority to do their job without fear of political manipulation
  • City leadership entrusted with the authority to be creative, plan and bring the future to Anderson
  • City leadership will treat all honestly and with equality

Visionary Planning

  • For today and tomorrow
  • Strong knowledge of trends, needs, government regulations

Financial Advantage

  • Reduce costs to assure the best quality services for each tax dollar you contribute

Infrastructure

  • On-going evaluation, repair and expansion of streets, curbs, sidewalks, water and sewer lines — solid essential city services

Open Government Operations to Public View

  • The city budget and each expenditure published on our city’s website
  • All transactions available for your inspection

Eliminate Inefficiency

  • Streamline operations
  • Reduce duplicate staff
  • Reevaluate every operation and expenditure

Partnerships

  • Working for mutual benefit with business, education and government to create an environment for job growth
  • Increased graduation rates
  • A county-wide economic development plan

Revitalized Central City

  • Accomplished through consumers, neighborhood associates and property owners who value our past and desire a bustling core city

Environment

  • Develop a plan for use of valuable natural resources
  • Prepare abandoned industrial sites for reuse
  • Recycling programs that don’t add costs to the taxpayers

Broad-based Coalitions

  • City government must represent the diverse spectrum of people who make the city home
  • Government will work in good faith to represent the needs, hopes and desires of all citizens