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Mickley to seek re-election for county council position

Kendall Mickley
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Kendall Mickley has announced he will seek re-election on the Republican ballot for the District 2 County Council seat.

Mickley feels that his past seven years of service on County Council and private industrial financial experience makes him a strong candidate. He says that faced with continued property tax caps challenges and other revenue shortfalls for the county government, his financial experience is needed now more than ever.

Mickley graduated from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington and has worked in accounting and operations for various manufacturing facilities in Huntington over the last 26 years. Mickley is currently employed as controller at Gerdau’s Huntington Facility, a position he’s held the last 16 years.

He states that during his years of experience he learned that in order to survive, businesses must constantly be looking for improved efficiencies to offset the per unit cost increases in wages, benefits and other operating costs.
“With property tax caps firmly in place, we must also look at ways to lower the overall tax levies (funding) to lessen the burden of the tax cap losses,” he adds.

Mickley is a lifelong Huntington resident. He feels strongly that a culture of community service is one of the reasons Huntington County is such a special place. Among his community service endeavors, Mickley is a member of the Huntington Optimist Club serving as its president in 2004-05. His other community service involvement has been with Huntington County Baseball as president for three years and a volunteer coach for nine years, Pathfinder Services Board of Directors, United Way Board of Directors and the Parkview Huntington Family YMCA both as a past board chair and as a volunteer coach for more than 10 years.

Mickley says he has taken many of his experiences to the County Council with a goal to have the funding to perform the services needed at the least cost to the taxpayer.

“Despite continued property tax cap revenue shortfalls and limited assessed valuation growth, Huntington County government’s tax rate has experienced a reduction of over 11 percent since 2012,” he says. “This accomplishment is something all of our county government employees and elected officials should be proud of.”

Mickley says re-electing him to the County Council will provide residents an opportunity to experience his continued leadership skills and desire to make a positive impact for the future of Huntington County residents.