Jaime Conlan

What’s been the biggest difference for you moving from your role as a commissioner to mayor? What I hoped to be able to do moving into the mayor’s office is have a bigger picture, stronger coordination role. And that’s what I’ve been able to do — put some bright heads at the table together and engage with this community and other communities across the country on energy efficiency, on economic development, on all matters of equity.

A few months into his first term as mayor, Mayor Kelly Girtz sat down with The Red & Black to discuss his transition to mayor and future plans, as well as the horse painting in his office.

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