Earlier this year the City and the County made some changes to several traffic signals around town by changing out the old lights for new LED lights. Our share of the project to change the lights was $11,688.79. We’re now starting to see the results of the project. For example, the energy cost for the [...]
Dave Pokorney is the city administrator of Chaska, Minnesota. After 24 years of service to the people of Chaska, Dave is hanging it up. He is retiring, effective August 4. He has been helpful in accomplishing a great number of things in Chaska. He will be tough to replace.
I think it’s interesting to read retirement [...]
Zen and the Art of Sewer System Maintenance
“Saving the World one Manhole at a Time”
So I am sitting there watching that really smug guy from “Dirty Jobs” Mike Rowe do a show from the bottom of a Sewer Lift Station. He is scraping big hunks of (insert colorful metaphor) off the Lift Station Walls while [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
As our city becomes more diverse it’s important for our city government to be prepared to respond to challenges created by that diversity. I thought it would be a good idea to figure out what resources we had on hand here among our city employees to address those challenges . So I put out the [...]