Early Voting Starts October 25th
Election Day November 4th!
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Call, text or email 10 friends, neighbors or family members and remind them to vote early or on Election Day, November 4th.
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Put a sign in your yard. Call Marge @ 913-269-0625 or complete this form for a sign to be delivered to your home.
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Remember to Vote for Vogt!
Olathe's Growth with Marge Vogt
Transportation
- Addressing east/west travel, taxpayers’ number one priority
- the Woodland Road to 119th Street extension currently under construction
- I-35 and Santa Fe Interchange funded
- Santa Fe and Ridgeview Road intersection improvements
- 135th and Greenwood Improvements
- 135th and Pflumm Improvements
- Expanded 119th and I-35 interchange
- Over 100 miles of street preservation projects completed annually since the Street Preservation Program was implemented
Safety
- Ranked as one of the safest cities in the State and the nation
- 95% of Olathe residents are satisfied with Police and Fire services according to the 2024 Direction Finder Survey
- Olathe Fire Department holds the distinctive Class 1 ISO rating for providing excellence, thereby decreasing home insurance rates
- Below 4 1/2 minutes response time for police and fire emergency calls
- Firestation #8 completed
- Firestation #9 underconstruction
Fiscal Responsibility
- No increase in the mill levy while Marge has been in office
- Decreased mill levy included in the 2025 budget
- Implemented a property tax rebate for veterans and income qualified households
- AA+ Bond Rating
- Budgets developed for financial stability especially during uncertain financial times
Exceptional Services/Quality of Life
- Olathe ranks among the best in the nation with overall quality of City Services and Customer Services
- 70% of citizens were satisfied or more than satisfied with the Value Received for City Tax Dollars according to 2024 Direction Finder Survey
- World class parks and libraries
- Beautification of downtown
- Collaboration with Johnson County for the construction and programing of the Johnson County Downtown Civic Center
- Construction of award winning Downtown Library
- Expanded the trail system with over 40 miles of trails
- Over 47 miles of wide multi-use side walks
- Over 37 miles of bike lanes
Economic Development
- Growing business - Garmin, Terracon, Farmer’s Insurance, DH Pace, AIG, Technics 2000, Torotel, Main Event
- Since 2015, over 8.8 million square feet of retail, office, medical and industrial business development completed
- Assisting businesses in Olathe and supporting entrepreneurship with GrowOlathe, Kaufman FasTrac, and Digital Sandbox programs
- Unemployment rate is 3.4% - the lowest in the State of Kansas
- Greater than 62% of Olatheans work in Olathe