Dr. Clark Hill confirmed a rumor last week.
The Commerce physician and newly-elected chairman of the Commerce Downtown Development Authority will run for city council in the special election in September to fill the Ward 4 seat vacated by the resignation of Bob Sosebee.
Hill, 37, has practiced internal medicine in Commerce since 2001 and has lived in Commerce since September 2000. Prior to Sosebee’s resignation, Hill had planned to run for mayor pro tem in the regular election in November.
“I’ve been thinking about it a long time,” said Hill. “The timing was right. I just want to see us continue to move in the right direction. I think I’ve learned a lot while sitting on the DDA about how the city works.”
Hill owns Hill Medical Group, an internal medicine practice in both Commerce and Homer with Dr. Milene Argo and a nurse practitioner. He also owns J.C. Hill Enterprises LLC, a company that develops professional office space in Commerce and Homer and is medical director of BJC Nursing Facility and Hill Haven Nursing Home.
His primary issue, Hill says, is maintaining the city ordinances.
“It’s really about quality of life and preserving property values,” Hill said. “I have no preconceived notions about what the ordinances should be, but the community should make those decisions and then enforce the ordinances. Every time we make an exception, we’re changing the ordinance.”
Hill also said he would like to hold discussions with Waste Management, the city’s garbage contractor, about starting a recycling program.
“There’s got to be a way the city can partner with Waste Management for recycling,” Hill said.
Hill and his wife Doreen have three daughters. They live on Forest Hill Court.
