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Pat Bates
Mayor2023-11-21 - 2026-11-01 (start: oath of office at the Nov 21 2023 commission meeting per city minutes, served as Mayor before that; month-level end: November 2026 per the Term Expires November 2026 line on the City Commission page)
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 1:18:07
- Avg per meeting
- 6:01
- Segments
- 1280
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Filtered to Environment
Top issues during term (2)(Environment)
medium↓Oct 2026[5]
Floodplain permitting improvements
No direct fiscal impact per the staff report.
high↓Jul 2026[2]
Lake Orienta vegetation management and swimmer safety
No new spending approved — the city already contracts a lake management company with quarterly monitoring and six treatments since 2024.
Decisions during term (1)
Recorded while Bates was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (0)(Environment)
No votes found matching Environment.