Sunday, August 24, 2008

Thoughts on Next City Council Agenda

The new city web site is doing a better job of providing information.

When it notes on the Agenda that the Support Documents will be provided to the "Majority of the Council" and will be posted on the web site CONCERNS SHOULD BE RAISED.

Who on the Council is not getting the Information? OR Who on the Council is just too busy to read the support documents to the items on the agenda? THIS should be of interest to the community of VOTERS.

ALSO ON THE AGENDA:

Assistant City Manager is to be appointed to be Acting Temporary City Manager. Isn't this what is already in his job description? Or are we seeing the City Council Pre-disposition to moving Steve Berry into Tom Schwab's job? Is City Manager Tom Schwab going to retire due to his medical situation?

Here are a few more thought on the matter of the appointment on the agenda.

Steve Berry has been acting as the head of the Community Services and Public Works... he has not been involved directly with the City Manager's work. If he has enough time to do both jobs perhaps he was an unnecessary hire all along, and his job should be eliminated in future budgeting.

The City Clerk and Tom Schwab's Secretary have a better understanding of the work Tom Schwab has been doing. They have been working at the city longer, and have not only history but first hand involvement in all things at the City Manager's Function Level. So why is it that the city's Park and Party Planner is being appointed above the City Clerk or City Manager's Secretary? Is it because they are only "Women".

Or is it something else?