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NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE FROM MAYOR
2021 has been a difficult year for so many people and I know we are all looking forward, perhaps with some uncertainty, to 2022.
The City of Saint Hedwig has experienced much this past year. Just when we hoped life was finally starting to return to some level of normalcy, the COVID Delta variant knocked many of us flat. The February ice storm was costly and deadly. The tragic loss of two lives in the October flash flood left us devastated for them and their families. Our prayers and thoughts have been with the families this holiday season. We also lost some good friends and family over the course of the year and we will miss them.
The city has also been experiencing much change. For many years we have enjoyed the anonymity of being a quiet rural town, but now we are seeing unparalled growth in and around our ETJ. This has resulted in a need to expand city staff to positively address new issues. To that end we have added a Marshal’s Office and are excited to have Marshal Mark Soto on board. We are looking forward to his leadership as he builds the Marshal’s Office and provide our citizens, visitors and travelers to our city with public safety services. The City Municipal Court is being finetuned as well. We have added more maintenance staff to the city hall to provide broader services, and we will be expanding hours for other city services in 2022. While we recognize that we need to take the initiative to successfully manage the inevitable growth that is pushing its way towards us, we also need to keep our perspective of what Saint Hedwig is and why we live here. Only by taking a proactive role in our future can we maintain the rural atmosphere and historical character that is Saint Hedwig. As your Mayor, I pledge to continue to work with the City Council to do everything I can to see we do not lose the special environment that this city possesses.
As we enter into the New Year, I wish everyone health, peace and good fortune.
Mayor Dee Grimm
