Career Highlights
- Fixed a major fiscal problem inherited from the prior administration, stabilized Brighton's finances and cut taxes in four budgets, and earned a high level Moody's credit rating upgrade to AA3
- Created a new town-wide park system of more than 400 acres, including Corbett's Glen Nature Park and Buckland Park, doubled recreation programs, protected environmentally sensitive areas, and passed an $8 million parkland acquisition and development referendum by 4-to-1
- Renovated and more than doubled the size of the public library
- Instituted Community Policing and other innovative public safety programs, expanded the police department, and closed a dilapidated crime-ridden motel
- Strengthened fire and ambulance services
- Initiated cooperative work agreements with the City of Rochester, Brighton Central School District, and County of Monroe to provide more cost-effective, efficient, and quality services--fire protection in West Brighton, assessment services, building inspection and plan review, purchasing, 911, and snow and ice control
- Repaired dangerous neighborhood sidewalks with an award-winning program, and instituted an aggressive road, sewer, and drainage construction and maintenance program
- Established a historic preservation law and commission to designate local landmarks, and created an arts council and an annual arts festival
- Worked with the University of Rochester to develop a regional medica l/ health care service center along Westfall Road, and to expand optics and laser technology research in West Brighton
- Adopted an economic development and design guideline plan that revitalized the town’s main retail / commercial corridor, filling vacant storefronts; created a Business Improvement District to reduce the cost of exterior renovation for businesses; supported the establishment of Empire Zones; beautified the Town center; and initiated a cooperative plan and program for Monroe Avenue in partnership with the City of Rochester and the Town and Village of Pittsford
- Championed the successful naming of I-490 within Monroe County as the “Erie Canal Expressway” to promote tourism and recreational use of this community asset
- Conducted and updated the first Town-wide revaluation in 40 years to restore fairness and equity to the assessment rolls, and maintained the roll with periodic updates
- Updated the Comprehensive Plan with a vision for the future--promoting economic development, preserving open space, and protecting and strengthening neighborhoods
- Re-codified the Town Code for the first time in 20 years with new business-friendly laws that respected nearby residential neighborhoods, and continued to amend the code to implement the Comprehensive Plan and strengthen demolition regulations
- Adopted non-discrimination personnel policies
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