Gaylord vot new mayor, 2 uncil members

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• TODD SHARRARD TO SERVE AS NEW MAYOR OF GAYLORD
• GAYLORD UNCIL SELECTS SHARRARD TO SERVE AS NEXT MAYOR
• GAYLORD VOT NEW MAYOR, 2 UNCIL MEMBERS
• GAYLORD
• CY OF GAYLORD, MICHIGAN
• GAYLORD, MICHIGAN POPULATN 2023
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• CY OF GAYLORD, MICHIGAN

TODD SHARRARD TO SERVE AS NEW MAYOR OF GAYLORD

Informatn on available employment opportuni for the cy of Gaylord. Downtown Gaylord. Tax Increment Fancg & Development Plan, Gaylord Downtown Development Authory.

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GAYLORD UNCIL SELECTS SHARRARD TO SERVE AS NEXT MAYOR

Get a quick backstory on our beloved cy of Gaylord.

Gaylord Informed. After Gaylord Mayor Bill Wishart was forced to rign due to health ncerns, the cy had to choose the next person for the posn.

Sharrard wants those Gaylord to know he’s always available to hear ncerns, and wants to be very visible the muny. GAYLORD — The Gaylord Cy Council Monday night approved the appotment of uncil member Todd Sharrard as mayor of the replac Bill Wishart, who rigned the posn November bee of an illns. He ran agast Wishart for mayor two years ago and recently was elected to a four-year term as an at-large Essexville near Bay Cy, Sharrard arrived Gaylord and promptly got volved cy affairs.

GAYLORD VOT NEW MAYOR, 2 UNCIL MEMBERS

"I believe you need somebody that knows where Gaylord has been, where is head and where is gog. Mare Corps member who is a bs owner that has raised her fay Gaylord.

Gunrson is the son of longtime muny activist and now executive director of the Gaylord Area Chamber of Commerce, Pl Gunrson. "After seeg what my father has done for the muny, is my turn to give to this muny, " the younger Gunrson, born and raised Gaylord, said his fay has lived Otsego County for over 100 years. He is a downtown bs scribed Gaylord as a gateway muny om the east and wt.

Council approved changg the venants for the Gaylord Indtrial Park to allow the operatn of a crematorium.

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Joe Msenger of the Gaylord Communy Funeral Home and Crematn Service requted the change as he nsirg openg his own crematory. 20, 2022, was also approved for Gaylord Right to Life. GAYLORD — After ne years, the cy of Gaylord has a new mayor-elect set to start January.

“My le always is where would you rather live than right here Gaylord, Michigan?

Thank you Gaylord! “I am humbled and honored to be given the opportuny to be able to serve the rints of Ward Two and the Cy of Gaylord as a whole, ” she said a social media msage to the Herald is the former executive director of the Gaylord Area Chamber of Commerce, and as of September, she is an admistrative servic supervisor wh Great Lak Energy Boyne Cy.

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GAYLORD — Gaylord Mayor Bill Wishart submted his rignatn to cy uncil as clg health prevents him om beg able to move around easily. "He tly enjoyed beg the face of Gaylord and took that rponsibily very serly, " Awrey cy manager Joe Duff said Wishart was "a wonrful man who was very supportive of our cy and a great mayor.

I’ve seen the mayor n up and down the Jim Monge Gym floor refereeg gam more tim than I n unt, " said Pl Gunrson, executive director of the Gaylord Area Chamber of Grisso, publisher of the Gaylord Herald Tim (1968-2008), said Wishart was a te muny lear and public servant who had the abily to munite wh everyone.

“I met Bill right after I moved to Gaylord when he was a manager at Glen’s Market, ” Grisso said.

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He tly lov Gaylord (and) I am sorry to learn he is rigng as mayor. He is also among the few left wh a direct nnectn to the 1960s — nsired a goln era which Gaylord transned om a quiet vatn town to a btlg mercial and social hub Northern Michigan followg World War the lears Wishart knew and served wh om that time were Harold Elgas, print of the Gaylord State Bank, who was a primary force the velopment of Gaylord to a tourist statn and enomic/dtrial/bs pace setter.

Gordon Everett, a Gaylord bsman who created the Alpe sign ncept after borrowg the ia om Frankenmuth, and Jim Monge, Gaylord High School teacher and and Monge were stmental anizg and gettg Alpenft off the ground. Disver Gaylord.

Gaylord is known for "All Outdoors" activi found the breathtakg bety of Northern Lower Michigan. Wh warm summer breez, late pastel sunsets and fe ways to enjoy your days, a trip to the Gaylord area will leave you wantg to e back aga and aga.

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GAYLORD — Mayor John Jenks will fish his fal term at the end of the year, closg the chapter on 10 years office, but he will ntue to rema a prence the muny he has worked hard to mata.“I am jt turng the page,” Jenks said about endg his n as mayor of Gaylord. “That is how I look at life.”Jenks was born and raised Gaylord, g om a long fay le that has lived the area as far back as the 1800s. He graduated om Gaylord High School and worked for lol bs where he got his first troductn to the ner workgs of the cy.“It really gave me great sight to our muny,” Jenks said.

“I got to watch people givg so much time and effort to makg Gaylord a great place to live.”In 1967, he joed the Michigan State Police and worked at multiple posts around the state before he fally reloted back to Gaylord 1987.

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Workg at the lol post, he joed the Alpenft board and sat on the Cy Council, returng to his roots and sire to make Gaylord a special place to live.Eventually, Jenks retired om the state police as tective sergeant 1993 so he uld take the posn as Gaylord Cy Police chief.

He worked wh the mtee to streamle munitns between law enforcement and other agenci to make sure everyone was rmed of new laws and nnected when me to keepg people safe Northern Michigan muni.He feels his experience and nnectns gave him a unique look to the cy of Gaylord as well as s areas of weakns.When he stepped down as police chief, he once aga cid to nsir a spot on the uncil. His ti to Gaylord and extensive background ma Jenks a prime ndidate, and he managed to w the mayoral seat.Durg his years servg the cy as mayor, he said he has been proud of a lot of the work they have acplished.“The cy of Gaylord is supported greatly by bs and rints, and has helped do a lot of great thgs,” Jenks said.

“The Gaylord muny is like volunteer center of the world. They n also afford to restate an officer SANE to help addrs the nartics issu the muny.Durg his time as mayor, he hop he has ma a difference to Gaylord.“I jt wanted to pay back the muny that helped raise me,” he said.While Jenks do not have ncrete plans for his next chapter, he plans to rema the muny as well as on the Alpenft board and a volunteer for the historil society.Wh Bill Wishart takg over as mayor, Jenks said he knows they both feel the same about the cy.