Monday Monday. It’s back to work day. Instead of an inspiring message for my blog today about budgets or storm sewers or goose management, I thought that I’d lead the week with some photos I snapped this morning at Purgatory Creek Park.
The fountains are working. The Lambert Pavilion looks good. you can see our fishing [...]
That’s me on the left and Sgt. Carter Staff on the right. This photo was snapped last week during a lunch hour cookout in the loading dock area of City Center. The cookout was care of the Police Department chaplains. The chaplains provide lunch to the Police Department employees a couple of times each year. [...]
That’s a crack pipe. Why I am writing about crack pipes? Because as I’ve been working with our new Budget Advisory Commission (BAC) over the last month, I’ve been involved in more than twenty hours of formal presentations and Q&A sessions about what the City is doing; how we’re doing it; and why we’re doing [...]
This is my intern this summer. His name is Luke Fischer. Luke is going to be a senior at St. John’s University this fall. He has an interest in becoming a city manager. I hope he’s still interested in that field after spending his summer with me. Luke is a pretty good guy. He has [...]
The 4th of July is one of those holidays that is celebrated on whatever day of the week that the 4th day of July occurs. We can’t move it to Monday or Friday to make it more convenient for our workplaces. City offices are closed on the 4th of July, but we still have many [...]
The City has added a new step to its biennial budget preparation process. The addition is the Budget Advisory Commission (BAC). The BAC was appointed by the City Council earlier this year. The purpose of the BAC is to bring business leaders in to take a deep look at our budget with the hope that [...]