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Here is a list of some of the things Jordan has been proud to support during his time on Council:

  • the Langley Events Centre partnership
  • strengthening bylaws against grow-ops and drug labs
  • bringing in the Sustainability Charter
  • pushing for light rail regionally and on 200th Street
  • twinning the Port Mann Bridge
  • launching Tourism Langley and the Spirit of BC Committee
  • fast-tracking Willoughby Community Park
  • securing the West Creek Wetlands as a park
  • naming several facilities for Langley pioneers—including the George Preston Recreation Centre
  • securing public access to the Fort Langley waterfront for the first time in generations
  • pushing to bring one job for every worker in the Township
  • improving green standards in each successive neighbourhood plan
  • planning for a rail overpass in Milner
  • launching a transportation utility to ensure long-term dollars for road and cycling projects

Nothing at the Township Council table is accomplished without building consensus and working hard. Jordan Bateman has been a driving force at the table, offering ideas, vision, and intelligent consideration on the challenges and opportunities facing Langley—while never forgetting that he works for you, the taxpayers of the Township.

Langley Township Council, with Jordan's support, has brought full-time firefighter service to Willoughby (2006) and Aldergrove (2007), Walnut Grove (2009), and Murrayville (2010).

Jordan has also supported the Township's work to add several RCMP officers, auxiliaries and Community Safety Officers, and to address the police funding imbalance caused by Langley City.

This commitment to public safety is something that the residents and businesses of the Township have accomplished together. Property tax increases over 2005-2008 have generated about $9.5 million in additional revenue to the Township. The total cost of police and fire improvements over that time was about $9.5 million—in effect, tax increases went to pay for public safety improvements, not bureaucracy or other items.

Jordan believes we must keep taxes as low as possible, and is committed to doing so. But we also owe it to Langley's children to build the infrastructure that will keep them safe and healthy (nothing will ever get cheaper to build), and to improve public safety (police and fire). Jordan believes in balancing both the present and future needs of the Township.

Langley Township taxes on a typical, half-million dollar house are:

  • $599 less than Abbotsford
  • $344 less than Langley City
  • $239 less than Delta
  • $105 less than Surrey