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Wooster department leaders outline 2026 priorities: communication, transit, housing and hospitality
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City of Wooster department heads and Mayor Bob Reynolds gave brief New Year’s remarks outlining 2026 priorities including improved communication, an emphasis on 'municipal hospitality,' expanded fixed-route transit, housing choices, staff wellness and succession planning. No formal votes were taken.
City of Wooster department heads and Mayor Bob Reynolds on Monday offered brief New Year’s resolutions and departmental priorities for 2026, stressing better internal and external communication, a more intentional municipal approach to service, and expansions in transit and housing options.
Joel Montgomery, director of administration for the City of Wooster, said the administration will work to "communicate better, both internally and externally," and to implement "municipal hospitality," an approach he described as going "beyond offering services and treating our community as customers" and instead building relationships that "really, really matter." Montgomery also said he would like to "convince Mayor Reynolds to run again for a second term." No formal announcement or vote followed…
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