Category Archives: Employees
Change of Venue
I have been blogging in this space since March 2003. At that time, there weren’t nearly as many bloggers as there are today. There were no other city managers doing it. But I’ll be winding my blog down over the … Continue reading
Goodbye Dona
We lost one of our really good employees, and a really, really good person this past Saturday with the passing of Dona Rowland. Dona worked in the City’s Support Services Division for the past 12 years. Her job here was … Continue reading
Friday Report for July 2, 2010
Here’s my Friday Report to the Mayor and City Council for today, July 2, 2010: OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER½Friday Report DATE: July 2, 2010 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager RE: Friday Report for … Continue reading
New Liquor Store Blog
That’s Tammy Wanchena. Tammy manages the City’s Prairie Village Mall liquor store. That’s the store adjacent to Kowalski’s Market grocery store. Tammy and her staff do a great job at the store, which was remodeled just last year. If you … Continue reading
2009 Employee Awards
We held our annual Spring Employee Recognition Event yesterday. We use this event to recognize employees for milestones relating to years of service and for excellence in performance. In the past, we’ve also used the event to recognize new employees, … Continue reading
Ice Arena Air
There is a bill making its way through the State Legislature that will introduce significant change to the air in our indoor ice arenas. Paul Wahl explains the issue well in a story he wrote for the Bloomington Sun Current … Continue reading
Some Good Financial News, For A Change
Throughout the fall and early winter of 2008, the City Council and City staff struggled to find the right balance of spending & taxing and services & service reductions for the 2009 City budget. The City’s 2008 General Fund budget … Continue reading
Blog Recognition
An organization called Careers in Criminal Justice has a website and that website has a blog called Justice City, USA which has named the Eden Prairie’s Police Department Blog one of America’s Top 50 Criminal Justice and Criminology Blogs! It’s … Continue reading
Friday Report for January 15, 2010
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Friday Report DATE: January 15, 2010 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager RE: Friday Report for January 15, 2010 1. MLC Regional Breakfast Meeting – The annual Municipal Legislative Commission … Continue reading
Police and Fire Fighter Training
I had the opportunity last week to attend the debriefing session of a recent police training session at the South Metro Public Safety Training Facility. The South Metro Public Safety Training Facility is a facility in Edina that is owned … Continue reading
Friday Report for December 11, 2009
For today’s post, here’s my December 11, 2009 Friday Report to the City Council. Enjoy! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER½Friday Report DATE: December 11, 2009 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager RE: Friday … Continue reading
2010 City Budget
The City Council approved a new budget for 2010 at their meeting last night. This is the message that I shared with City employees this morning about the new budget: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The City Council approved a new budget for 2010 … Continue reading
Preparing for the Pandemic
What would city government in Eden Prairie be like if 1/3 of our staff were sick with the flu, another 1/3 were home taking care of a family member sick with the flu, and another 1/3 were well and able … Continue reading
Mall’s Tax Appeal Backfires
There was an important story in yesterday’s Star Tribune written by Susan Feyder titled “Malls tax appeal backfires.” If you’ve got a couple of minutes, read it. It tells a rare story. The first line of Ms. Feyder’s story really … Continue reading
Not Ordinary Elm Trees
These are not ordinary elm trees growing at the University of Minnesota horticulture and agricultural station over on the St. Paul campus. These elm trees are being grown as part of a program sponsored by The U and the Minneapolis … Continue reading