Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore presents the State of the City address Tuesday at The Carriage House in the Howard Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville. Andrew Harp | News and Tribune
JEFFERSONVILLE — Mayor Mike Moore provided an update to where the city is and where it’s going.
Moore delivered the State of the City address Tuesday at The Carriage House in the Howard Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville.
Moore said thanks to teamwork, the state of Jeffersonville is “stronger than ever.” He discussed several ongoing developments within the city. He said that years ago the city decided to start investing its funds and that they have now accumulated $3.8 million of interest due to “smart investing.” He also said this past year ended in a budget surplus.
“We continue to prove you can provide the best services to citizens without raising taxes,” Moore said.
Moore said the Jeffersonville Police Department continues to focus on adding more officers, their new mobile command center and the data analysis crime center.
He also said that the department will be nationally accredited by June 1 as an Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement police department, one of four departments in the state.
He briefly discussed Jeffersonville Fire Department’s Fire Station 1, and said that Chief Shawn Grant hopefully will have the plans for the station’s improvements in the next three to four years.
Regarding education, Jeffersonville's Promise, a program that offers free tuition at Ivy Tech to Jeffersonville High School students, was implemented a few years ago, and Moore said that he learned that the number of JHS students enrolling at Ivy Tech has tripled since its creation.
Moore also announced that the city will be contributing $1 million to JHS’ $33 million natatorium project.
Its construction is expected to start in the spring.
Moore said the city has seen “some unbelievable concepts” regarding the Jeffboat project, which will transform the former shipyard into a space containing entertainment, restaurants, public spaces, office and residential developments. He said American Commercial Barge Line, which owns the property, will announce a developer for Phase 1 of the construction “very soon.”
The city’s planning and zoning department approved construction plans for more than 250 new single-family homes, bringing the number of single-family homes now under construction to around 700, Moore said. He said the city is maintaining a 70/30 balance between single-family homes and multifamily dwellings.
He said that the city has grown in population by about 1.5% each year since 2012, and that the city is handling the growth through its various infrastructure projects.
“We all want our children and grandchildren to have a better life than us. That’s what I have in my mind each day as mayor,” Moore said.
Jeffersonville City Council President Dustin White said that he feels the city is on the right path, and that the mayor’s address reflected that well.
He said he believes that the goals of the council and the mayor are going in the same direction and will look forward to finding new ways to improve the city.
“The state of the city is strong, and we’re going to continue to make it stronger,” White said.
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