I hope our citizens will enjoy everything that Arizona’s Christmas City has to offer this season.
I was born and raised in Sacramento, California. After graduation from high school, I enlisted in the U.S. Army in May 1970 and served a full combat tour with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. I received the Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal (for more than 50 helicopter combat assaults), Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, Combat Infantry Badge, Vietnam Campaign Medal and others.
After serving seven years of combined active and reserve duty, I was honorably discharged from the Army in 1977. During that period, I earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Sacramento State University. I then embarked on a 35-year career in the healthcare industry, reaching vice president positions with Medline Industries and Careview Communications and also holding management positions with Kinetic Concepts Inc. and Applied Medical.
I am a 31-year member of the American Legion (Post 6, Prescott) and life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (Post 541, Prescott). I was co-chairman of the Veterans Memorial Plaque Committee, which in June 2016, rededicated that memorial on the Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza to the fallen Yavapai County veterans who lost their lives serving in all of the nation’s wars, beginning with World War I.
I was elected to the board of directors of the Central Yavapai Hospital District in 2016. I served as a commissioner on Prescott’s Planning and Zoning Commission and was co-chairman of Mayor Harry Oberg’s ad hoc committee on sober living rehab homes.
In 2017, I was elected to a four-year term on the Prescott City Council. My council term ended and I took the oath of office as your new mayor on Nov. 23, 2021.
I serve on the board of directors of the Yavapai Republican Men’s Forum and was recently the vice chairman of the Yavapai County Republican Committee. I have been a member of Prescott’s Sunup Rotary Club since 2015. I served on the Yavapai County Teacher of the Year panel and was a member of the Prescott BASIS School Advisory Council. I am a long-term member of the public policy committee for the Citizens Water Advocacy Group as well as the Citizens Tax Committee.
Areas of focus during my term will include managing growth, infrastructure and water use, so that our city will continue to sustain its high quality for generations to come. I appreciate the support of the voters of the City of Prescott and look forward to serving as your next mayor, working closely with my fellow council members and city staff, and listening to our citizen’s concerns as we continue to keep Prescott a city that we can all be proud of.
I hope our citizens will enjoy everything that Arizona’s Christmas City has to offer this season. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! QCBN
By Mayor Phil Goode, QCBN
Phil Goode is the mayor of the City of Prescott.
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