[0:00] [Music] [0:06] hello my name is Taylor Snider and I'm [0:08] the new assistant to the city [0:09] administrator here at Lakeville so I [0:11] come from Fort Washington Wisconsin it's [0:13] about 25 minutes north of Milwaukee [0:15] right along Lake Michigan and that is [0:17] subsequently where I got my first two [0:19] jobs in public administration as an [0:22] intern I worked for aaki County um as [0:24] their administrative intern and then I [0:27] received a full-time position with the [0:29] city of Port Washington as a management [0:31] analyst I went and got my master's [0:33] degree in public administration from U [0:36] Milwaukee and then upon graduation I [0:38] started looking for jobs and I ended up [0:40] here in Lakeville and I couldn't be more [0:42] excited about it in my position as the [0:44] assistant to the city administrator I [0:46] helped the admin team which consists of [0:48] the administrator the assistant [0:50] administrator and the clerk with [0:52] different projects that they have so [0:54] some of these projects would include um [0:56] Research into AI usage and how we can [0:58] utilize AI at the local government level [1:01] some of the other things we're looking [1:02] into is our city fleets and some of the [1:04] ways that maybe we can extend the [1:06] periods of these vehicles to maximize [1:08] their usage and then we're always [1:10] looking for creative ways that we're [1:11] able to better serve and provide better [1:14] services for our community members here [1:16] with the city of Lakeville during the [1:18] election I was helping with the [1:20] elections with the city clerk and that's [1:22] kind of when I started here with the [1:23] city so I jumped right into that which [1:25] was an experience that definitely was a [1:28] challenge but it was a good challenge in [1:30] this position I also oversee the youth [1:32] advisory commission which has been a [1:34] really great opportunity this position [1:36] oversees the group of high school age [1:39] students that come together and they [1:40] meet monthly and they come up with [1:42] projects and ways that they can impact [1:44] their communities which has been a great [1:46] experience to kind of help facilitate [1:48] these creative ideas and get the ball [1:50] rolling on these projects which has been [1:52] awesome one thing that I've really [1:54] enjoyed about the city of Lakeville is [1:55] the sense of community I think Community [1:57] is very important and it's something [1:59] that I was looking for when I was job [2:01] searching and that is something I was [2:02] able to find here um and it's not just [2:05] the community but it's also a growing [2:06] community and so that's something that [2:09] really excited me and that's something [2:10] that I'm excited to continue to be a [2:12] part of here with Lakeville and um I'm [2:14] happy to be here [2:18] [Music]