My Goals if Elected to Serve as Mayor

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Background

I have volunteered in my community since age 16 starting out as a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol.   In 1995, I began serving in public safety.   Over the years I have served as a firefighter, licensed provider in EMS, and law enforcement officer.   I thoroughly enjoy serving others.   So much that I crossed the threshold at the beginning of this year to qualify for the President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award which is 4, 000 + volunteer hours.

In 2020, I was led to campaign to serve as one of your city council members.   I was deeply honored and humbled to receive the most votes from my neighbors to be able to serve you.

Once elected, I reached out to the Alabama League of Municipalities to begin taking classes to work towards earning the Certified Municipal Officer (CMO) designation.   Many of these courses were paid for out of pocket. Within one year, I earned the CMO designation which I was thrilled over as it takes some multiple years to earn the CMO designation and some never earn it at all despite serving multiple terms.   The State of Alabama now mandates all municipal elected officers to work towards earning their CMO.

I also began the quarterly community town hall meetings.   These meetings grew from a handful of citizens spread out in the banquet hall at Chopper’s Ol School BBQ during COVID to standing room only crowds now.

Communication with fellow citizens is very important and I also began a twice per month newsletter to help keep you, my boss, informed on what’s happening at the city council meetings and what events are coming up in our community.   This newsletter is emailed out twice a month and citizens can subscribe by emailing a blank email to KevinTurleyDaleville+Subscribe@groups.io.  The newsletter is also posted on my website at www.KevinTurley.us 

I sincerely appreciate the honor of being allowed to serve you as your council member.   In addition to being able to advocate for you, follow up on your concerns, strive to keep you informed, and represent our city professionally, you have also allowed me to give back to our community by donating each of my city council checks. As of June 2025, $ 20,316.20 has been donated to worthwhile causes in our community, to include an annual Servant’s Heart Scholarship, which is awarded to a deserving Daleville High School senior selected by the school faculty.

Advocating

I have consistently advocated to keep 9-1-1 and dispatch services in Daleville.

I have advocated to keep our ambulance service local with Daleville Rescue.   I also advocated to increase the license level of the ambulance service (which was elevated to the paramedic level).

I have advocated to provide city employees with as much of a raise as fiscally possible.

I have advocated for the purchase of a new fire apparatus to replace an aging unit and we were able to do so utilizing ARPA funds.

Grant & Cybersecurity 

I have written multiple grants and we were most recently awarded a cybersecurity grant.

Alabama Community of Excellence 

I advocated for and wrote the successful application for the Alabama Communities of Excellence (ACE) program.   Daleville is one of two municipalities in Alabama to be accepted into the program this cycle.   The program seeks the input from the local community, brings in the expertise of the professional ACE team who will evaluate the community to determine strengths and weaknesses, and develop a short and long term comprehensive plan at no cost to the city.   The ACE program will also incorporate community involvement.

Involvement

I have made it a point to represent our city in a professional manner at ribbon cuttings and other events in Daleville as well as on Fort Rucker.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the honor of participating in activities over the years in Daleville.  

Availability 

I always consider it an honor when fellow citizens reach out to me with feedback, concerns, or questions.   I also do my very best to ensure any concerns are addressed.

Current Related Committees

• Member of the Alabama League of Municipalities Public Safety Committee 

• Past member of the National League of Cities Public Safety & Crime Prevention Committee 

Goals if Elected as your Mayor

• Work with the council and rescue board to facilitate having a full time paid ambulance service operated by the city.   We have a great team at the Daleville Police Volunteer Rescue Service.   Converting to the full time paid service would keep a crew on duty 24/7 with the ambulance, thereby reducing response times.

• Seek additional businesses, especially retail businesses.   Recruiting businesses is not done by a single individual.   This requires teamwork between the mayor, council, partnered economic development corporation (such as Ozark-Dale County Economic Development Corporation), property owners for the sale or lease of property, and our community.

• Set goals and monitor trends in partnership with department heads and city council.

• Begin working with the council and department heads on developing the next years budget in July rather than September or October each year in order to have additional time to review and make decisions.

• Work with the council and others to update the city personnel policy to address concerns as previously mentioned.

• Work with the council and others to update our city ordinances as I brought up in a previous work session.

• Improve communication amongst mayor, council, department heads, employees, and community.  Improve transparency.

• Expand the number and types of festivals and events in the city which brings visitors and increases the fun events for the community.

• Establish a committee to help formulate a plan to help further assist with the homeless population within our community.

• Establish a committee to help facilitate low cost/free spay/neuter activity along with catch/release in our community to address the stray animal population.

I have had the honor of serving my community for the past 30 years in public safety and I want to thank everyone for the last nearly five years I’ve been blessed to also serve our community as one of your Daleville council members.

Being able to attend every community, business, and social event possible, has only strengthened my relationship with our amazing city.

Being able to donate 100% of my council salary checks back to our community, and being able to surpass the training requirements to earn the Certified Municipal Official designation, has only intensified my passion to serve our community at a greater level.

I have been consistent with giving my best throughout my term of office.

I humbly thank you for entrusting me with you vote approximately 5 years ago and, if you believe that I have lived up to your expectations, please consider me for your vote for mayor on August 26, 2025.

I come to this opportunity with no agenda except to pour my heart and soul into our community, grow our connections for prosperity, and fulfill the obligations of the office with the courtesy, integrity, perseverance, and synergy that it deserves.

My children attend Daleville City Schools, I am a homeowner in Daleville, and I am a business owner in Daleville.   I am vested in Daleville. 

Respectfully,

Kevin R. Turley

Council Member & Lifelong Servant