After four years of serving the city, Mayor P.T. Wood reflected on his time as mayor at his last City Council meeting this week.
During the city reports portion of the meeting, Wood explained “It has been a wild, wild four years. We’ve had fires, we’ve had plagues. There’s been earth-shattering changes in our community. It’s not the same place it was four years ago. I think we didn’t always get it right, I probably struggled at times more than I should have, but I think [it worked] thanks to you guys (city council), thanks to probably the best city staff that’s ever been assembled in the history of city staffs. [That includes] our department heads on out to the guy that just started cutting the grass downtown.”
Mayor P.T. Wood (Photo by Taylor Sumners)
“With the support and commitment to moving the city in a positive direction I think we’ve achieved some really amazing things and we’ve done it with a smile most of the time.”
“It’s been a heck of a ride and I think we have a ways to go. We don’t know what the next challenges is going to be, and I guarantee there is going to be a big challenge that comes up that no one sees coming,” he added.
“I have absolutely no doubt that you guys are up to the task and that you’ll handle it with a smile and a willingness to get to the core of the issue and solve the problem not in a way that makes everyone happy but in a way that moves the city in a positive direction.”
“It’s been an exceptional four years and I’m a little sad to be leaving you guys. I’m sorry I’m not going to be here for you every day but I’m a short phone call away.”
“I am not leaving behind my commitment to making Salida and Chaffee County as good as it can possibly be. Truly one of the great pleasures of my life. Thank you, guys.”
Incoming Mayor Dan Shore, who has served as mayor pro-tem, ran unopposed. He will be sworn in at the next city council session.
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