City Government
City of Gladstone Council Members
Councilman R.D. Mallams, Councilmember Tina Spallo, Mayor Bill Garnos, Mayor Pro Tem Jean Moore, Councilman Tom Frisby
Mission Statement
The City Council, Boards, Commissions, and City Staff are inspired and invested to enhance Gladstone's quality of life and sense of community through innovative and effective leadership and inclusive citizen engagement.Gladstone Vision
• Invested in becoming an even more welcoming and inclusive community.
• A vibrant commercial center with revitalized corridors at North Oak and Antioch Road and an innovative financial strategy that encourages economic development.
• A diverse quality housing stock that encourages community investment, provides opportunities to age in place, and becomes a destination to raise families.
• Innovative transportation alternatives that promote mobility in the community and the region.
• Stature and reputation of Gladstone strengthened and maintained. Gladstone is a recognized leader and provides innovative contribution to regional issues.
• A continued strong and innovative partnership with schools and other entities that help us ensure a high quality of life.
• An inspiring sense of place with a clear identity including an emphasis on arts and culture. You know you are in Gladstone.
• A strong commitment to public safety and City infrastructure investment.
• An inspired, innovative, and invested City staff.
• Cooperative relationships with citizens highlighted by inclusive citizen engagement and participation.
• A vibrant commercial center with revitalized corridors at North Oak and Antioch Road and an innovative financial strategy that encourages economic development.
• A diverse quality housing stock that encourages community investment, provides opportunities to age in place, and becomes a destination to raise families.
• Innovative transportation alternatives that promote mobility in the community and the region.
• Stature and reputation of Gladstone strengthened and maintained. Gladstone is a recognized leader and provides innovative contribution to regional issues.
• A continued strong and innovative partnership with schools and other entities that help us ensure a high quality of life.
• An inspiring sense of place with a clear identity including an emphasis on arts and culture. You know you are in Gladstone.
• A strong commitment to public safety and City infrastructure investment.
• An inspired, innovative, and invested City staff.
• Cooperative relationships with citizens highlighted by inclusive citizen engagement and participation.
2022 City Council Goals
1. Keep Gladstone as a safe place with a focus on crime reduction, traffic enforcement, and the recruitment and retention of high-quality police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel.
2. Continue implementation of parks, cultural arts, facilities, streets, sidewalks, stormwater, water distribution and production, and comprehensive master plans.
3. Continue commitment to downtown and commercial corridors through effective and innovative development and redevelopment strategies.
4. Prioritize the proactive residential and commercial code enforcement program.
5. Create a long-term development and programming plan for Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum to make it sustainable.
6. Prioritize infrastructure for neighborhood revitalization to meet the needs of our residents, encourage quality residential density and homeowner investment to preserve and increase housing values.
7. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do to continue to be a welcoming city to everyone.
8. Develop a branding strategy to effectively promote Gladstone.
2. Continue implementation of parks, cultural arts, facilities, streets, sidewalks, stormwater, water distribution and production, and comprehensive master plans.
3. Continue commitment to downtown and commercial corridors through effective and innovative development and redevelopment strategies.
4. Prioritize the proactive residential and commercial code enforcement program.
5. Create a long-term development and programming plan for Atkins-Johnson Farm and Museum to make it sustainable.
6. Prioritize infrastructure for neighborhood revitalization to meet the needs of our residents, encourage quality residential density and homeowner investment to preserve and increase housing values.
7. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do to continue to be a welcoming city to everyone.
8. Develop a branding strategy to effectively promote Gladstone.
June 27th, 2022 Agenda
City Council Live Meetings
May 23, 2022 Minutes