A New Council and a Busy Streets Department

The January 2025 meetings of the Saratoga Town Council introduced one new member to the council and recapped the improvements of infrastructure throughout the Town in 2024.

Local businessman Cory Oxford was elected to one of the two four year council terms and joined the council as the lone elected member without previous council experience.

Mayor Chuck Davis and Councilman Jerry Fluty have two more years on their initial terms. Councilmen Mike Cooley and Bub Barkhurst were elected to a four year and two year term respectively and both have previous council experience.

The first two meetings of the year clocked in with business concluding in under 30 minutes each.

Mayor Davis highlighted the outgoing council’s achievements largely with the list of improvements and accomplishments of the Department of Public Works.

The projects completed throughout the Town involved mill and overlay of streets, chip seal and patching, repairs and rebuilds of sections of streets, curbs and water valves, and visible improvements to Never Forget Park.

In other areas of Town matters, the Town completely caught up with the financial aspects and accounting in 2024.

“This is the one that I like — the Town has completed three financial audits,” said Mayor Davis. “All bookkeeping is being performed at or above the required GAAP standards set by the State and this pleases me more than about anything that we’ve got going.”

The Mayor tasked the council with continuing on the path of improvements that were completed in 2024 and looks for more planning and developing of projects to occur in 2025.

The next Town Council will take place on February 4th at 6 pm at Saratoga Town Hall.