El Mirage - City Council

Anita Norton




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Fiscal Responsibility

To manage the budget wisely in providing needed services without burdening the taxpayer with unnecessary expenditures through bond issues is one of our biggest challenges. For example, when the El Mirage court house needed some recommended changes. I did not feel it was wise or necessary to ask the taxpayers to be burdened with a $14-plus million courthouse when a remodeling of the existing courthouse could meet the needs at a tenth of the cost without putting an additional undue burden for 20-plus years on the taxpayers.

Increase Local Commercial Business

Residents have communicated to me that El Mirage needs more restaurants. Although a private matter between landowners and businesses, we can attract businesses with improved commercial developments within our community.

Repurpose Vacant Homes

What little vacant land remains in El Mirage is privately owned and most of it is not available for residential development. We have and plan on continuing to work with the nonprofit New Town Development to rehab several vacant homes to create affordable homes for low income homeownership.