Building community. Working Together.

Good governance doesn’t just happen. It is a cooperative effort that takes planning and diligence to stick to the plan.

Your Holland City Council is dedicated to working together make the best decisions possible for all Holland residents.

We are Building Community to provide a bright future where all Holland residents can exclaim, “And We Get to Live Here.”

Collaborative Leadership Builds Community.

What We Have Accomplished - Together.

• Comprehensive Anti Discrimination Ordinance

  • Protects everyone against discrimination in housing, employment, public accomodations.

    • Read the full ordinance here.

    • See Mayor Bocks’ statement before the final vote.

• Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)

  • Award-Winning, Comprehensive re-write of Holland’s Zoning and Planning Code.

    • See the full Unified Development Ordinance here.

• Updated Community Energy Plan

  • Implementing sustainability measures to achieve our carbon reduction goal 10 years early.

    • See the Strategic Development Team report here.

• City-Wide, High-Speed, Fiber Broadband

  • Passed millage to expand broadband internet infrastructure to every address in the city.

  • Fiber now run past over half the addresses in the city and 2GB service available for only $45/month!

    • Learn more about Holland City Fiber here.

• Holland Ice Park

  • World Class Refrigerated Outdoor Public Ice Skating Facility

  • $11.5 million budget - $9.5 million from private donations, grants and federal ARPA dollars.

  • Only $2 million on local tax dollars

  • Skating Pond, Skating Ribbon, Curling Rink, Fireplaces, Skate Rental, and Hot Chocolate!

  • Ready to skate for Winter of 2025-2026!

• Non-Motorized Transportation Plan

  • Comprehensive review of our neighborhoods and transportation corridors to find the best, cost effective ways to make walking, biking and other non-motorized transportation options safer, easier and for cost effective.

    • See the Non-Motorized Transportation Plan here.

• Blueprint for a Flourishing Neighborhoods

  • A framework and roadmap for Holland’s to help Holland’s neighborhoods thrive, making them more resilient, inclusive and help them offer an equitable opportunity for all to Holland residents to prosper.

    • Read the full report here.

• Paid off Holland Energy Park Early - Saving over $40 million in interest

  • Reduced electric rates for all customer classes.

    • Learn more about the Energy Park bond payoff here.

• Building State of the Art Anaerobic Digester

  • Reduces solid waste by 50% saving disposal fees.

  • Solid waste will now be able to be used as farm fertilizer.

    • Learn more about the Anaerobic Digester here.

• New Waverly Road Fire Station - Updated Kollen Park Fire Station

  • Providin more capacity and safer living environment for our first responders.

• Added Three New Full-Time Firefighter Positions

  • Keeping our growing community safe every day.

• State of the Art Interactive Trainer for Our Public Safety Officers

• New Body Cameras for Public Safety Officers

• New Mobile Command Unit for Holland Department of Public Safety

• New, Easy to Use Recycling Containers

  • The old, yellow bags are gone. Our recycling rates have dramatically increased.

    • Learn more about Holland’s successful recycling program here.

• Created Downtown Holland Social District

  • At request of Downtown Merchants we created and continue to have downtown Social District that helps ensure the success of our downtown restaurants and shops.

    • Learn more about the Downtown Holland Social District here.

• 6th Street Reconstruction - $9 million of improvement reimbursed through Brownfield redevelopment!

  • Completely rebuilt 6th Street between Columbia and River.

  • New underground infrastructure.

  • New sidewalks with snowmelt.

  • New street with snowmelt from Columbia to College.

  • Expanded snowmelt on College Avenue sidewalks.

  • 9 million dollars of investment.

  • Brownfield redevelopment tax credits paid for all of the cost!

• New Home Energy 101 Program

  • Provides education and incentives for homeowners to make homes energy efficient.

    • Learn more about Home Energy 101 here.

• 50 Year Municipal Capital Improvement Fund

  • We now know what maintenance we will need to do 50 years in the future.

  • We now budget funds to assure that we always “Fix it First.”

• 20 Year Financial Forecasting Tools

  • We can better predict our financial resources to we can be good stewards or your tax dollars.

• No Tax Rate Increases for 14 Years

  • We balance the budget every year and often end the year with a surplus for our rainy-day fund.

• Award Winning Budget Process and Informational tools

  • See the 2026 Budget information here.

  • See the 2026 Budget in Brief here.

  • See the 2026 Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) here.

• Over $3 Billion Dollars of New Commercial Investment in Holland during my time as Mayor!

  • More jobs

  • More economic prosperity

  • Investors know Holland is a great place to invest in people and infrastructure.

• Secured Designation as a “Redevelopment Ready Community”

  • Designates Holland as a collaborative community that understands the dynamic partnership between private investors and the public sector in attracting investment, fostering economic opportunity, and creating an attractive place where people want live, work and play.

    • Learn more about our Redevelopment Ready designation here.

We continue to work To make holland even better - for you.

Your Mayor and City Council. Working Together. Building Community.

And We Get To Live Here!