Mayor's Blog
“Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people...”
- Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Senator 1949-1973
For most of us the term public service conjures up the hallowed halls of Congress where famous American’s have served. From my point of view public service is the daily tasks, duties and jobs performed in your backyard by employees of the City of Jasper.
The work done by the women and men here at home directly impacts your life every day and I’m proud of them. There’s the visible work when our city crews are out and about maintaining vital services such as police and fire protection, utilities and streets. There is commonplace work such as mowing and repairs. Then, there is work no one sees or rarely knows about. These efforts are what make Jasper one of America’s best communities:
- Knowing that an elderly gentlemen who came to City Hall seemed lost and helping to reconnect him with his family in another county.
- Responding to a non-working stop light in the middle of the night when there was little traffic so the morning drive would be safer.
- Taking your private vehicle to help a late-arriving Spirit of Jasper patron to meet the train along a county road on its journey to French Lick.
- Having portable defibrillators throughout the city in public buildings, knowing how to use them and saving a life. This has happened more than once!
I no longer take these actions for granted and I encourage you to say thanks to our city employees as often as you can. They are the true public servants.
Thank you.
Mayor Terry Seitz
