HOBART'S TERM AS MAYOR ENDS

SIOUX CITY MAYOR MIKE HOBART WAS HONORED IN A FAREWELL CEREMONY AT CITY HALL THIS (WEDS) MORNING.
  

HOBART BECAME SIOUX CITY'S FIRST DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR IN SEVERAL DECADES FOUR YEARS AGO:

THE OUTGOING MAYOR RECOUNTED SEVERAL CITY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HIS FOUR YEAR TERM, AND CREDITED CITY STAFF AND COUNCILMEN AND CITY MANAGER PAUL ECKERT FOR THE TEAM EFFORT IN MOVING SIOUX CITY FORWARD.

MAYOR PRO TEM TOM PADGETT SAYS WHILE SOMETIMES THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN HOBART AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY ALL MANAGED TO WORK TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES.

HOBART ISSUED SOME CHALLENGES TO THE NEW 2012 CITY COUNCIL  INCLUDING FINALIZING A NEW LAND BASED DOWNTOWN GAMBLING CASINO:

HOBART WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE A FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON A NEW NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

HOBART ALSO HOPES THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO REDUCE BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL TAXES IN THE COMING YEAR.

BOB SCOTT WILL SUCCEED HOBART AS SIOUX CITY'S NEW MAYOR IN JANUARY.