Manassas Park council welcomes newly elected treasurer and commissioner of the revenue

At the start of the meeting council members introduced newly elected Treasurer Donald Shoemaker and Commissioner of the Revenue Lucy Pullen and welcomed them to city government.

Donald Shoemaker thanked staff and citizens and described busy first days in office, including operational changes in the treasury office ("we've already made some changes in the first 2 days"), and said staff handled a backlog and long waits. He told the council, "just yesterday we took in $72,680 in tax and $59,000 in water and sewer payments" and said mailed/drop-box payments were not yet fully processed. Shoemaker asked for patience from residents while staff worked through voicemail and transactions.

Lucy Pullen said she is "very grateful to be here" and described efforts to establish new procedures to make processes easier for citizens. Council members praised both new officials and expressed optimism about their early work.

Council closed the introductions and moved on to the consent agenda and subsequent items.