My career in Code Enforcement for the City of Kansas City, MO began in 1998. For two years I served as a Code Enforcement Officer and for the last nine years as a Codes Enforcement Supervisor. Currently I work at the City's Dangerous Buildings and Vacant Property Operations and I have been very involved with the City's vacant and foreclosed property effort. A big part of this new responsibility is helping to manage the newly created Vacant Property Registration.

My Department's goal is to "Make and to keep Kansas City neighborhoods vibrant and livable". I believe that is the goal of all Code Enforcement agencies. I am very excited about our local chapter and look forward to the challenges and opportunities that will be coming our way. I would truly appreciate the opportunity to serve as President of our new chapter.

My career with the City of Belton began in 2000 where I was first employed as a Police Dispatcher. In 2003, I applied for and was given the position as Code Enforcement Officer. Soon after starting the position I found that the department needed updating. I implemented a computer data base for code violations, a quarterly informational flyer that is mailed to the citizens of Belton, and created a program to work with Home Owner Associations and the Cass County Landlord Association. I also wrote and implemented the first Code Enforcement Policy and Procedures Manual as well as the Training Manual currently used for the department.

In 2006 I took on the job as the editor for the View Point. I started working with the MACE board members and decided that I would like to run for a position on the board. In 2007 I ran for and was elected to the 1st Vice President's position. During my reign as First Vice President I worked in conjunction with our ICC representative and was successful in obtaining ICC chapter status for MACE. In 2009, I moved into my current position as President of MACE. I put together MACE's first annual strategic planning session that was presented at the spring conference. This allows members to give their input in the direction we take MACE in the future.

After seeing the lack of educational opportunities in our area I felt the need to do something to fix that. I worked with others and organized and arranged for the first meeting of the KC Metro Chapter of Code Enforcement. If I was to serve as your Vice President, my first goal would be to bring these needed educational opportunities to our area.

I would appreciate your support in making me the very first, Vice President of the KC Metro Chapter of Code Enforcement.

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Christina has been an inspector with Kansas City's Neighborhood Preservation Division since 2007. She has spent the majority of her time north of the river and so understands the various needs of differing neighborhoods (smaller vs. larger, suburban and rural vs. urban) very well. Christina received Northland Neighborhood, Inc's Neighborhood Champion Award as well as recognition from several neighborhood associations for her enforcement work with absentee home owners and landlords.

Christina is active with a roundtable of code inspectors from several Northland cities. She also has experience with "starting up" organizations, most notably MidAmerica Freedom Band, where she was a member of the first Board of Directors, and helped write the charter and by-laws.

When not working, Christina plays in several area orchestras, serves on the Board of Governors for MAFB and spends most of her time with her son.

I have been employed with the Butler Police Department since August 20, 1990. During my employment with the City of Butler I have served as a shift supervisor, field training officer, (FTO) as well as having training certifications in various areas of law enforcement. Previous to my employment with the Butler Police Department I served as a volunteer fire fighter with the City of Butler for 6 years.

At the time I was asked to join the Butler Police Department, I was employed by the Missouri Department of Public Safety as a security officer at the Camp Clark National Guard Army Base in Nevada, Missouri.

I have also had a Missouri Real Estate Broker's License for several years. I currently act as a referral agent with a local real estate agency. While having a real estate license is not necessarily considered a law enforcement advantage, it has allowed me to understand and be familiar with the legal terms associated with home ownership, rental contracts and such as that. It has been helpful in code e nforcement when I have to search court records to determine ownership and deal with legal issues like tax liens.

During my time as a police officer I have had the opportunity to talk publicly with several civic organizations as well as doing talks at school with students. I enjoy public speaking and always look forward to doing it. I possess above average communicative skills in speaking and writing.

About one year ago I was asked to accept the position of Code Enforcement Officer. I accepted the positi on and have so far considered the responsibility very enjoyable as well as challenging. Code enforcement is pretty much left up to the officer performing the task. It requires you to be a self starter, able to get things done with little or no supervisi on. I have been able to implement several new ideas and make several changes in the way we handle complaints and deal with violators.

I have been married 27 years to my wife Donna. We have no children. We enjoy traveling, our pets, and working in our yard. I enjoy playing the guitar, bass fishing, and just about anything computer related. I have been a life long resident of Bates County, Missouri.

I began my career with the City of Belton Code Enforcement Office in 2006. Before coming to work for the City of Belton I worked for a property maintenance company cleaning up foreclosed properties. Since starting my career with the City of Belton I have helped implement a master filing system. In 2007 I ran for and was elected as 3rd Vice President of the Missouri Association of Code Enforcement (MACE). Having just started my second term on the MACE board, I am proud of the accomplishments that the board has achieved, including our ICC Chapter status, increase in membership and the establishment of year around training. I am currently an active member of the American Association of Code Enforcement.

One of my goals for the future was to help initiate a Kansas City area chapter of MACE and I would be privileged to represent all Code Enforcement Officers in the Kansas City Metro area as a Board member.

In closing I would appreciate the opportunity to serve as your Treasurer. I would like to thank everyone in advance for their support in starting this organization.

Ryan's commitment to public service, attention to detail, teamwork and a common sense approach to effective code enforcement makes him an ideal candidate to serve as the organization's Sergeant at Arms.

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If you are involved in code enforcement in the Kansas City metropolitan area or surrounding municipalities, your involvement is invited. This is your opportunity to get in on the ground floor and help make your local chapter what you want it to be. For more information, please contact Tamara Gray at 816-331-4331, extension 116 (office) or 816-591-4918 (cell) or email Tamara at tgray@belton.org.