Las week I predicted that Governor Pawlenty would begrudgingly allow the 2007 Tax Bill to become law simply by ignoring it. Unlike other states where failing to sign a bill is sometimes called the Governor’s “pocket veto”, in Minnesota an act of the State Legislature becomes law if the Governor signs it or fails to [...]
Each year I present my proposed performance goals for the upcoming year to the City Council. I want the Council to know what I see as important and I want to get their unofficial blessing of that vision. I think that’s important because my performance goals tend to trickle down through the organization. At least [...]
We have an award winning Communications team here at the City of Eden Prairie. The Communications Division won four awards this week at the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators annual Northern Lights Awards ceremony. The City of Eden Prairie tied with the cities of Minneapolis and Bloomington for the highest number of awards.
Communications staff took [...]
This is a view of the main entrance into the City offices here at Eden Prairie City Center. The brick walls that line the concrete stairs coming into our building deteriorated to the point were small chucks of brick had dislodged and broken off. It became noticeable during this past winter. Our Facilities team organized [...]
It’s Friday. Here’s my weekly Friday Report that I shared with the City Council today:
Office of the City Manager | Friday Report
DATE: May 18, 2007
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager
RE: Friday Report for May 18, 2007
1. Joint Meeting with School District- The spring joint meeting between the School Board [...]
I received the final word on my 2006-2007 annual performance review this week at the City Council meeting. The Council met in Closed Session in advance of the regular Council meeting to conduct the review. The review is coordinated by a private personnel consultant named Harry Brull. Mr. Brull works for Personnel Decisions, Inc. (PDI). [...]
All levels of government tax. All levels of government spend. It doesn’t matter if it’s federal, state or local government. It doesn’t matter if it’s a government controlled by Democrats or Republicans or Independents. Governments tax and spend. That’s what they do. The more important questions about government taxing and spending are: “What is government [...]