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Throughout his career, Galligan has been a business owner and politician. He served as the mayor of
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to possibly relocate the City Hall there. The city council worked on passing resolutions from 2001 to 2003 to move towards buying the
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reached flood stage declaring a local disaster emergency. Floodgates were ordered up, the police department was asked to help enforce barricades for people ignoring them, and worked with the council to help with drainage plans. Galligan also established the position of Deputy Mayor in 1997 in
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attending council meetings in the later part of the year due to disagreements with the council and returned to them in early 2003. The disagreements ranged from purchase issues of police vehicles and decisions that resulted in lawsuits.
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annexation of about 7,800 acres (32 km) of land and about 9,000 citizens. Galligan also appointed Bob Manor as parks chief in which his background and experience weren't in parks management. Manor succeeds Rob Poff.
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in December prior to officially becoming mayor. This incident would later become questioned by local citizens because of the excessive personal expenses that were paid for by the city, in the time of a budgeting crisis.
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