Issues & Platform
Democrat Jordan Reeves's platform is built on conversations with District 4 residents, not talking points. Here's what needs to change, and exactly how Jordan plans to change it.
Fix Our Roads
District 4 has some of the worst road conditions in Millbrook. A 2023 city audit found that 38% of our streets are rated "poor" or "failing," yet infrastructure funding has been cut or flat-funded for eight straight budget cycles.
This isn't an accident. It's the result of a City Council that keeps borrowing from infrastructure to fill other gaps, leaving residents to navigate potholes and crumbling curbs.
Jordan's Commitments
- Audit and publicly rank the 20 worst road segments in District 4, and commit to a repair timeline within the first 90 days
- Push for a dedicated infrastructure reserve fund; no more raiding it for other priorities
- Launch a public repair tracker so residents can see scheduled work and report new issues
- Require Council sign-off before any infrastructure funds are redirected
Safe Neighborhoods
Safety comes from connection: neighbors who know each other, young people who have places to go, and a City that invests in prevention, not just response. Right now, Millbrook is underinvesting on all three.
The Millbrook Youth Center has operated without its full programming budget for three years. The Community Response Team, which diverts non-emergency calls away from police, has been capped at four staff members despite rising demand.
Jordan's Commitments
- Restore full programming funding to the Millbrook Youth Center
- Expand the Community Response Team from 4 to 10 members over two years
- Fund neighborhood-based conflict mediation through the City's community grants program
- Hold quarterly public safety forums in District 4, not just press releases
Support Small Business
Millbrook's downtown is struggling. Fourteen percent of small businesses have closed since 2020, and many of those that remain cite the same barrier: it's too hard and too slow to do business with the City.
Permit approvals that should take six weeks take six months. City contracts default to large vendors even when local businesses can do the job. The downtown streetscape hasn't had a meaningful investment in years.
Jordan's Commitments
- Reform the permit process with a 45-day target for standard approvals and a public dashboard to track delays
- Introduce a local purchasing preference requiring the City to favor Millbrook businesses when bids are within 5% of outside vendors
- Establish a small business stabilization grant fund, seeded by development impact fees
- Invest in downtown street improvements, lighting, benches, and planters, to bring foot traffic back
Protect Our Parks
Millbrook Central Park, the green heart of District 4, has gone five years without a capital improvement budget. Playgrounds are aging out of safety compliance, the walking paths need resurfacing, and the community garden plots have been reduced by half.
At the same time, two proposed developments are eyeing land adjacent to the Millbrook Watershed. Once that land is paved, it doesn't come back.
Jordan's Commitments
- Restore Millbrook Central Park's capital budget and begin a phased improvement plan starting with playground safety
- Oppose any development proposal that encroaches on the protected watershed or reduces permeable land cover
- Create a District 4 urban tree canopy plan targeting a 20% increase in tree cover over 10 years
- Establish an annual parks maintenance report card, reviewed publicly at Council
Ready to Stand Behind These Commitments?
Jordan isn't making promises. Jordan is making a plan. But plans need people behind them to become reality.