 Roy Reehil,
Mayor
Village of Cleveland, NY
February 1995 to July 2002The
Mayor's Archives
After serving for seven and a half years,
I did not seek re-election and instead decided to "term-limit" myself.
I'm now maintaining the pages for
posterity.
The articles are aging but the information about the village and village issues --
especially village dissolution issues -- may be of interest to other village
representatives in NY state.
About
Cleveland | 2000 Census Statistics
From the Mayor's Desk Articles |
How I Became Mayor
Village
Projects:
Waterfront Park at the State Canal Terminal Narrative
Proposed Park Drawing
Recreational and tourism resources map
Tourism resources - Narrative
Pond
Dredging Grant Application
The
Mayor's FAQ
(The Most Frequently Asked Questions while I was Mayor)
Why do it? What is it
like to be the Mayor?
The position of
Mayor in the Village of Cleveland is a part-time position with a lot
of different hats to wear. The Mayor is the chief fiscal officer in charge of
developing and presenting a budget to the Board of Trustees. It
was a great challenge and often a rollercoaster ride of problems and solutions. It was
also one of the most gratifying jobs I've ever had. If you haven't volunteered your time
to your community, a church, a not for profit organization or a charity recently, it's
hard to understand the joy of working for a good cause. Simply doing a good job as mayor
was a great reward unto itself. I assume that was part of the reason that I was honored
with the job by my peers for over seven years. There is plenty of good work that needs to
be done in this world and our children can be inspired by the examples we set.
I encourage everyone to set a good
example and volunteer in your community if you're not already. It will do you and the
community a bit of good!
I wrote these articles to explain my
positions on important village topics. Here are several of those articles and newsletters.
-Roy Reehil, Former Mayor
Village of Cleveland, New York
The Dissolution Petition, May 1995
Memorial Day 1995
The Village News, Spring 1995: An Introduction & Dissolution
Issues
New Budget Reduces Taxes
Labor Day 1995
Optimism in November 1995
Refuting a pollution and negligence law suit, May 1996
Tabling the proposed nuisance animal control law, Feb. 1998
Village Press Releases, New Budget and Elections, May 1998
Memorial Day Weekend Vandalism, May 1998
Addressing concern and confusion about
some of our village laws, June 1998
Good news about
the cemetery vandalism repairs, Sept. 2001
2001 -2002 Budget Announcement
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