Mayor: Major changes await Coolidge in 2018

by Rofida Khairalla | Coolidge Examiner

Pinal Partnership President & CEO Harold Christ with Coolidge Mayor Jon Thompson before the 2017 State of the City address.

The new year may be a time to reflect on 2017 for some, but for Coolidge Mayor Jon Thompson the new year will be time to pinpoint and act on a gamut of changes to ensure the city’s future is bright.

The mayor’s top priories for the coming year include lowering the city’s impact fees to be more in line with fees levied by surrounding areas like Florence and Eloy and continuing the push for more intensive code enforcement.

As a region of Pinal County that’s older compared to the likes of Maricopa and San Tan Valley, Coolidge has been in need of a number of updates over the years — improvements that the mayor, City Council and city staff have made a priority to pursue.

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