SCHRIEBER—The Township of Schreiber shared a recent interview with Mayor Kevin Mullins to catch up with what is happening in their town.
In the video the mayor spoke about what life was like growing up in Schreiber where he has lived all of his life. He described how as a kid he was, "outside riding his bike and playing and Schreiber being a small town you always felt safe everybody knew where everybody was."
Mullins was asked about what motivated him to enter politics almost four years ago. He shared that, “I was 39 years in public works and thought that I could offer this and be of help to this town. I wanted to run and try to make a difference.”
He spoke about concerns with Schreiber’s water supply and sees it as a true reality and responsibility, mentioning how he is grateful, "We got OCWA taking care of our water and there’s a water pollution plant and our guys, the public works take care of the distribution," said Mullins.
When asked about the fact that he has served as mayor during a time when, for almost half of his term, things were shut down due to COVID-19, he agreed there have been added challenges for him and the community.
Other topics he spoke about during the interview included:
- The Train Museum which he hopes to see opening sometime during the month of June. “We’ll have a grand opening probably in Heritage Days”, added Mullins.
- The murals which have been put up in the Old Town Office, in their local Arena, with a total of 10 Murals set up around the town.
- Meetings they’ve had with the Minister of Infrastructure, to address the issues Schreiber is having with their sewer plant and water and the required funding he believes the township needs to address these concerns and fix the problem.
- The Hockey organizations who do so much for the youth in the community.
- His vision regarding the town’s revitalization plan.
- The planned Water Park-Splash Pad which he predicts will be started as a project this coming May.
As a final focus of reflection, the Mayor was asked what he sees for Schreiber’s future to which he commented and said, “I would like to see us bigger and with people coming from down South. If we get this area advertised, and people moving up here”, he sees this as a real possibility for Schreiber’s future.
It was very clear that not only is Mullin proud of his community, the people who live and work there, his council, but also the vision that, so many have in their effort to address the community’s issues, but also to look for ways to not only address these, but to improve the future of a city he has spent all of his life living in.