Austin Blakely
This week, Mike Palazzolo will be officially sworn in as Germantown’s new mayor, replacing Sharon Goldsworthy who had served for the last 20 years.
An alderman since 2002, Palazzolo had previously graduated from Leadership Germantown, which sparked his interest in Germantown politics. Now with his new position, Palazzolo has clear plans once he takes over.
“My first priority is to bring our community together to form a long range road map to replace our current 2020 plan. This will be a yearlong process driven by our citizens for our citizens,” Palazzolo said.
With his commercial banking background and his previous role as Chairman of the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce, Palazzolo feels prepared to tackle the economic aspects of the community.
He feels his background as an educator will also help with one of the city’s biggest issues, education.
“I have 3 focus areas for education in Germantown,” Palazzolo stated. “We will form an Education First Task Force to define educational excellence in our community. I will direct city staff to form an internal work group in order to leverage city assets for benefit of education in Germantown. Finally, our Board of Mayor & Alderman will meet in joint retreat with our municipal school board to determine a future vision and mission.”
While GHS is not part of the Germantown Municipal Schools, its importance is not forgotten by Palazzolo.
According to his “Education First” campaign platform, Palazzolo stated he will “represent our city and community in continuing the dialogue and discussion with SCS leadership regarding Germantown Elementary, Germantown Middle and Germantown High Schools.”
Also, he stated that a “Needs Assessment Committee” will be formed as well to assist in helping these schools.
Moving forward, Palazzolo feels that his role as new mayor will extend that of his predecessor.
“The prior administration led by Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy has set the tone for continuous improvement and challenging the status quo; I will continue that pattern of constant improvement and excellence in service quality,” Palazzolo said.
This week, Mike Palazzolo will be officially sworn in as Germantown’s new mayor, replacing Sharon Goldsworthy who had served for the last 20 years.
An alderman since 2002, Palazzolo had previously graduated from Leadership Germantown, which sparked his interest in Germantown politics. Now with his new position, Palazzolo has clear plans once he takes over.
“My first priority is to bring our community together to form a long range road map to replace our current 2020 plan. This will be a yearlong process driven by our citizens for our citizens,” Palazzolo said.
With his commercial banking background and his previous role as Chairman of the Germantown Area Chamber of Commerce, Palazzolo feels prepared to tackle the economic aspects of the community.
He feels his background as an educator will also help with one of the city’s biggest issues, education.
“I have 3 focus areas for education in Germantown,” Palazzolo stated. “We will form an Education First Task Force to define educational excellence in our community. I will direct city staff to form an internal work group in order to leverage city assets for benefit of education in Germantown. Finally, our Board of Mayor & Alderman will meet in joint retreat with our municipal school board to determine a future vision and mission.”
While GHS is not part of the Germantown Municipal Schools, its importance is not forgotten by Palazzolo.
According to his “Education First” campaign platform, Palazzolo stated he will “represent our city and community in continuing the dialogue and discussion with SCS leadership regarding Germantown Elementary, Germantown Middle and Germantown High Schools.”
Also, he stated that a “Needs Assessment Committee” will be formed as well to assist in helping these schools.
Moving forward, Palazzolo feels that his role as new mayor will extend that of his predecessor.
“The prior administration led by Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy has set the tone for continuous improvement and challenging the status quo; I will continue that pattern of constant improvement and excellence in service quality,” Palazzolo said.