either growing or dying,” he says. “We’re growing at a healthy pace—ambitious, but manageable.” Looking ahead eighteen to twenty-four months, priorities are crisp. The first priority city staff indicate is its people— retaining and fairly compensating the city’s workforce in a competitive market, especially in public safety, where surrounding jurisdictions have lifted pay scales. Second is orderly growth—using the code rewrite, conservation tools, and the City Center blueprint to deliver diversity in housing and business the finance director—stepped into the city manager role and brought a “get it done” mindset. Carroll credits his institutional knowledge and hometown pride for the progress.“He’s lived here his whole life,” she says.“He knows the dreams this city has had, and he’s made it his mission to move them off the page.” Daugherty is quick to add that Fairview’s commission form of government, with five elected leaders and terms that can turn over every two years, makes continuity challenging. He considers it a point of pride that the administration has kept projects moving through those political cycles. “You’re 110 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 12
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTI5MjAx