A Jan. 19 city-county summit provided an opportunity to bring the new mayors of Paola, Osawatomie, Louisburg and Spring Hill together in one room. Commission chairman Rob Roberts and vice chairman Tyler Vaughan presented gavels to Paola mayor Leigh House, Louisburg mayor Donna Cook, Osawatomie mayor Nick Hampson and Spring Hill mayor Joe Berkey during the summit in the County Commission chambers at the Miami County Administration Building in Paola. Roberts noted after the general election in November that it is rare to see a county’s four largest cities turn over that key leadership position in the same election. Roberts, who called for the summit, expressed the County Commission’s desire to see all of the cities’ grow their population bases and expand their commercial sectors by providing more single family residential housing, attracting new businesses and expanding existing businesses. “We (County Commission) want to see the growth happen in our cities because it benefits the entire county,” Roberts said.
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