CLINTONVILLE, WI (WTAQ)- Clinonville’s Mayor is already saying “No” to re-election.
Mayor Lois Bressette said she has already filed her Non-Candidacy papers because she is not on the same page as those around her.
Bressette said she feels the City Administrator and Council are spinning their wheels when it comes to growing the city of Clintonville, and they are not making things happen at the pace she desires.
“We have just come to the point where we do not share the same vision for the city.”
Bressette said when she was elected Mayor, she had a big vision for the city, but that is not happening the way she would like to see it happen, and said it is time for her to step away.
“I maybe don’t have patience to wait for people to catch up. I think I am too much of a bigger picture thinker for some people and I guess I just got really frustrated.”
City Administrator Sharon Eveland said she found out about the Mayor’s decision on Friday morning, but was not expecting it.
She said she feels the city is making progress.
“There might be at least the appearance of things slowing down. I think the city is heading in the right direction, but things don’t happen overnight.”
Eveland was hired in April to take over for Chuck Kell, who held the position on a part-time basis during the transition period.
Eveland says that in itself is an obstical.
“For three years, they only had a part-time Administrator.”
Along with Eveland, many of the council members are also newly elected.
“There is an adjustment period, and that does not matter what city you are in.”
Bressette has been Mayor for two years, and said she feels that she has helped smooth the rough patches that the city had when she took over.
“I know the Mayor cares about what happens here” Eveland said.
City Administrator Eveland said she too cares about the city, and has some goals, but their is a learning curve.
“I don’t want to give the council aneurysm by throwing everything at them at once.” Eveland said they are taking things at a pace that they can handle.
Bressette said not all is lost. She has met many of her goals and fulfilled many of her dreams in her time as Mayor, and know the city will continue to move on and grow.
“The Department heads and those that work under them, are some of the most hardest working people that I have worked with for years” Bressette said.
Mayor Bressette will finish her term in April of 2018. She said filing early allows people time to consider running.
“I appreciate what she has done for the city so far and I wish her the best.” Eveland said.
