At age 27, Matt Soper was elected the youngest trustee in Orchard City’s 100 year history. Soper credited his historic election victory to his commitment to cultivating innovative solutions to challenging problems facing our community, fiscally conservative principles, and maintaining a great town in which folks can live, work, and retire.
Soper said, “To me the town's job is to deliver water at affordable rates, provide for emergency response, and otherwise get out of the way so that businesses can grow and folks can enjoy their lives.”
Soper came in fourth, behind incumbents Jimmie Boyd and Marsha Thomas and former Trustee Craig Fuller in the April 3, 2012 municipal election.
“Of the 401 votes I received, I’m most proud of the support from my 97 year old, great-aunt, Merle Payne, who was the long time deputy county clerk in Delta. She always said she hoped to live long enough to see me elected to a public office,” Soper commented.
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| Orchard City Trustee Matt Soper |
Orchard City, the second largest municipality in Delta County, is home to 3,100 residents and is the largest municipality in terms of square miles in Delta County. Orchard City was legally incorporated on 11 May 1912 to raise a bond in order to deliver clean water to the residences of the growing communities of Austin, Cory and Eckert. Each historic community continues to retain its own post office, zip code, and unique identity.
On Wednesday, 11 April 2012 at 7:00 PM, Matt Soper was sworn-in as trustee at the Orchard City Town Hall, located at 9661 2100 Road, Austin, Colorado.
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