Last summer, we broke ground on an expansion of our Water Treatment Plant. When completed later this year, it will more than double our capacity for producing safe, clean water. At the same time, we have begun an aggressive water conservation program, encouraging residents to use what they need but not be wasteful of this precious resource. The Town Council recently approved the design of a new Public Safety Complex, which will become the largest municipal building in town when completed in late 2002. To be built adjacent to our current Municipal Center, the Public safety Complex will be home to our Police and Fire departments, our Municipal Court and Prosecutor s Office, and have space for a county justice court and motor vehicle division.
Public safety is the first and most important function of government.
And while good public safety facilities are necessary so too are the fantastic men and women that make up our police and fire and other public safety departments. I say thank you to all of them for a job well done. Together, the message we can send to the petty criminal, Devil Dog or anyone violently inclined is simply this don t mess with Gilbert. Punishment will be certain. Our neighborhoods will stay safe.