FISCAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

- GO Bond Credit Rating was upgraded in 2009 from A to AA- via Standard & Poor's

- City's Utility Credit Rating was affirmed in 2010 at A+ via Standard & Poor's

- Total tax rate for city residents has declined for four years in a row (2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010)

- Property Tax value for services has been enhanced significantly

- City has reduced its principal debt service from $58.2 million in 2007 to $56.2 million in 2010

- Managed through the multi-million deficit fiscal plan for the "Southwest Annexation" of 2006

- Increased County Option Income Tax (COIT) allocation from $2.7 million in 2007 to $5.2 million in 2010

- City's Public/Private Partnership Trash and Recycling Program saving Westfield residents greater than $7 million dollars

- City Employee Health Insurance held to 0% increase in 2007-2009, -1% in 2010, and -11% in 2011

- Overall Public Service Costs have decreased while property values have increased (2003-2010)

- City's Experience Modification Rate (Workers Compensation Safety Rating) has annually improved from
greater than 1.03 in 2006 to less than .77 in 2010.

- City was awarded a 2011-2012 SAFER GRANT in excess of $1.4 million dollars to hire 12 firefighters
to occupy the City's new Fire Station 83 opening in August of 2011.

PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS:

-  City has increased the number of full time firefighters by 31 since 2007
 
-  City has increased the number of sworn police officers by 6 since 2007

-  Fire department has increased its annual training hours by greater than 25%

-  Vehicular accident rates have decreased by greater than 20% per year

-  Fire runs have decreased by 20%

-  City has commenced construction of Fire Station 83

-  City purchased 92 acres of land and commenced construction of the
Regional Public Safety Training Facility/Well Field

-  Every category of crime (Unified Crime Rates) was reduced in 2010
as compared to 2009

PHILANTHROPIC PARTICIPATION:

- Open Doors

- Mexico Mission Trips

- Amanda Strong Food for the Needy

- Meals on Wheels

- Deacon Otis Scholarship Foundation

- Hamilton County Humane Society

- Relay for Life

- Heart and Soul Clinic

- All Pro Dads

- WeCARE

NON-PROFIT RELATIONSHIPS:

- Westfield Historical Society

- Westfield Washington Chamber of Commerce

- Hamilton County Leadership Academy

- Downtown Westfield Neighborhood Association

- Westfield Rotary Club

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT/EVENT CREATION:

- Mayor's Yellow Tie Ball

- NUMA arts and cultural festival

- WeCAN (Westfield Community Association Network)

- Westfield Farmers Market
 
- Westfield Safety Festival 

- Westfield Grand Junction Derby

- Westfield Rocks the Fourth 

- Westfield Ready/CERT

- Westfield Youth Assistance Program (YAP)

- Run with a COP

- Firefighter for a Day

CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS:

- Westside Interceptor Sewer Project (2007)

- City Services Center (2007)

- Greyhound Pass Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation (2007)

- 147th Street Intersection Improvement (2007)

- Grassy Branch Interceptor Sewer Rehabilitation (2007)

- 161st Street Bridge Replacement over Kirkendall (2007)

- Cherry Tree Raw Water Line Upgrade (2007)

- North and South Water Efficiency Water Connections (2007)

- Block Grant Sidewalk Improvements - Newby's Addition (2007)

- River Road Water Treatment Plant Expansion (2008)

- Greyhound Pass Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation (2008)

- 151st Street Reconstruction and Round About (2008)

- Welcome Well Field Purchase and Construction (2008)

- Sycamore/Birch Street Drainage Improvement (2008)

- S.R. 32/Ditch Road Passing Blister Installation (2008)

- Redman Park Creation (2008)

- Western Way/Greyhound Pass Improvements (2009)

- 151st Street and Carey Road Improvements (2009)

- Block Grant Project - ADA Curb Replacements (2009)

- Freedom Trail Park Improvements (2009)

- Arbor Day Plantings (2009)

- Midland Trace Trail (East Leg) (2009)

- Westfield In Bloom (2009 and 2010)

- Monon Trail - Phase I, 146th Street to 156th Street (2004-2010)

- Monon Trail Constructed within Viking Meadows (2008-2009)

- Monon Trail - Phase II, 161st Street to S.R. 32 (2008-2009)

- South Union Street Improvement (2010)

- Regional Detention Study (2010)

- Main Street Design Study (2010)

- Maintenance Improvement Plan (2010)

- Public Safety Training Facility (2010)

- 156th Street Bridge (2010-2011)

- Fire Station 83 (2010-2011)