My name is Ryan Kapaun and I am the Law Enforcement Analyst for the Police Department. I have many duties, including gathering crime trend information from Eden Prairie and other police departments that may impact Eden Prairie and assisting Detectives with their investigations. Basically, my job is to take a lot of information and break [...]
Category Archives: Guest blogger
Guest Blogger #3 – Scott Heddle
July 23, 2008 – 9:26 am
Monday morning started out slow, which is rare for a Monday because usually there will be a few things that need attention after the weekend. So I return a few phone calls, made a couple of repairs and see that I have time to work on the rollout of our new phones for the Engineering [...]
Guest Blogger #2 – Dona Rowland
July 22, 2008 – 9:20 am
11 years ago, I was searching for a job that wouldn’t be subject to the whims of the economy. I had been laid off twice from jobs in the corporate world. Then the call came. Mike Barone was on the phone, asking me if I was interested in the part-time customer service “floater” position at [...]
Guest Blogger #1 – James McClean
July 21, 2008 – 10:29 am
My name is James McClean. I am a second year law student and an intern in the City Manager’s office. I went to high school in St. Anthony Village and currently live in Fridley.
Before starting my internship at the beginning of June, I had little exposure to the Southwest Metro area. Since beginning this internship, [...]
A Special Gift For You: Guest Blogger Week
July 18, 2008 – 7:15 am
I’m out of the office next week, so it’s time to bring back one this blog’s favorite special features: Guest Blogger Week. Here’s what you’re going to get next week:
Monday: What’s like life for a young, hip, swinging City Manager Intern? You’ll find out first thing on Monday when you hear from Guest Blogger James [...]
Guest blogger Jeff Campbell: An Inside Look At The City’s Employee And Management Safety Committee – A Safer City to Live Work Dream
September 12, 2007 – 4:51 am
In a greatly expanding, dynamic and outstanding community, safety will always comes first. The City of Eden Prairie has continued to include the very essential responsibility of keeping its public as well as its staff as safe and sound as possible. Several years ago when I accepted a position within the City of Eden Prairie’s [...]
Guest blogger Steve Pitkanen: Water Treatment Plant Supervisor
September 11, 2007 – 4:29 am
Hello my name is Steve Pitkanen. If you do not know me already I have a wife (Michelle), 5 children, and 5 grandchildren and have lived in Watertown for the past 20 years. I coached basketball for 29 years, with 4 of those years as the LHS Varsity Girls Head Coach. I have served on [...]
Guest blogger Jessica Brennan – From Intern to Coordinator: A year in the life of a City of Eden Prairie communications professional
September 10, 2007 – 2:00 pm
There are probably many people out there who don’t think the City of Eden Prairie is the most exciting place to work. Sure, Police and Fire have their share of adventures, but what could possibly be exciting and thrilling about working in communications? In our small division, consisting of three full-time staff and a handful [...]
Guest blogger Lorene McWaters
August 24, 2007 – 6:10 am
My name is Lorene McWaters and I am City Manager Scott Neal’s executive assistant. I’ve worked for the City for nearly 8 years, which means Scott inherited me when he joined the City 5+ years ago.
I think we make a pretty good team – in a ying-yang way. Scott comes in whistling at 7:00 a.m., [...]
Guest blogger Steve Sinell: The Changing Face of Eden Prairie – the Assessor’s Perspective
August 23, 2007 – 8:51 pm
I came to work in Eden Prairie on October 3rd, 1978 as an appraiser and I was appointed the City Assessor in 1984. My education background includes a BS in Business Administration with Finance Concentration from Mankato State. As the City Assessor my job is to make sure the annual assessment for property tax purposes [...]
Guest Blogger Andrew Sullivan: Wireless Water? 10 benefits of an AMR system
August 22, 2007 – 1:53 pm
My phone is wireless, my pager is wireless, and so is this shiny new macbook I am typing on…so why not 18,000 outdated water meters? As it turns out there was no reason at all water meters couldn’t be wireless. Matter of fact, the benefits and cost savings were so significant we had no choice! [...]
Guest blogger Luke Fischer: My Summer on the Prairie
August 21, 2007 – 1:29 pm
Some of my friends are interning in Washington D.C. this summer. They are working for congressmen, senators, various departments and lobbying firms. They were called to make the voyage half-way across the nation in hopes of impacting public policy in some substantive way. Perhaps they have. They ask me what I am doing and I [...]
Guest blogger Brenda Uting: Parks and Rec
August 20, 2007 – 10:02 am
Hi, my name is Brenda Uting. I am the Administrative Assistant for the Parks and Recreation Department. My number one job is customer service. I’m usually the first point of contact when you call our office or stop by. I receive a variety of phone calls ranging from questions about trees to where is the [...]
