A Proven Record
Past Successes
Public Safety
- Fully funded/staffed Nixa Police
- Increased starting wages for patrol officers 3 times/over 25% in last 5 years
- Consistently named the safest city in SW Missouri (National Council for Home Safety) –
- 2021 #10 overall
- 2020 #10 overall
- 2019 #18 overall
Innovation
- Creating a culture of innovation
- Development of an integrated community based Strategic Planning process
- 5-time MML Innovation award winner
- 9 pm routine (Police/2020)
- Staff Think-tank (City Wide/2019)
- Solar Farm (Utilities/2018)
- Community Alternative Sentencing Court (Courts/2017)
- Crime Free Multi-Housing (Police/2015)
- Continue to utilize technology and innovation to provide better customer experiences at a lower cost
- Improved website
- Improved utility meter automation
City Finances
- No Sales Tax increases (public did pass Use Tax in 2018)
- Lowest Sales Tax in the Springfield Metro
- 80+% Reduction in City debt over last 10 years (from 23.3 million in 2011 to 4 million in 2020)
- Improved financial monitoring and reporting
- 5 x Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Economic Development
- Continue to be the fastest growing city in the one of the fastest growing counties in the state
- Creation and expansion of Show-Me Christian County – County Economic Development
- Reinvestment in, and Revitalization of, Nixa Chamber of Commerce
- 65% increase in Sales Tax last 10 years – growth each year since 2010
- 14+% increase in 2020
- 12+% increase for 2021
- 15% increase in new business licenses in last 10 years
- 63 new licenses since 2019 (currently highest number in history)
Infrastructure
- Water/Sewer
- Construction of 2 new Water Towers – Paid in Cash (no debt)
- Expanding Nixa Water/Sewer into a regional system
- 2019 MWEA Water Facility Award
- Electric
- Establishment of Public/Private partnership to create state’s largest solar farm
- No electric rate increases in last 5 years
- ~50% Renewable Energy portfolio with no rate increases
- 3x (2014,2017,2020) RP3 Award (reliable public power provider)
- Streets/Sidewalks
- Expansion of Main Street thru Tracker
- Expansion of Hwy 14
- Extension of over 20 miles of sidewalks in last 10 years
- Creation of first crosswalks across Hwy 160
- Creation of first connective Sidewalk system across town
- Broadband
- Designation as a Gigabit City in 2015
