Agenda Item 3. Appointments.. First on the is Mayor, who per our City Charter is actually elected. Possible candidates include Commissioner Pat Hardy (not enough votes), Commissioner Michael McCready (no because he will be busy in enough seeking state office in August and possibly November), Commissioner Michael Zambricki (No because it is presumed that having just been Mayor, he does not wish to do it all over again), and Commissioner Sarah McClure, (yes despite only 2 years on the Commission, she was the top vote getter in the last election in all categories). It is important to the City, the Charter,and the residents that there be an election and an actual vote for Mayor. We would not be opposed if for that purpose Commissioner Michael Dul nominated himself or Pat Hardy for Mayor and then awarded himself one vote or themselves two votes. Then future generations could see that in 2011 and 2012 City Commission returned to electing a Mayor. We would be opposed to any "by acclamation" unanimous votes that were characteristic of the
Of note in the appointment list is item "K" City Planner Special Projects-McKenna Asssociates. They are the City's third consultant firm and were used to develop the the Tree Ordinance.
There are many worthy applications in the Agenda Packet for 2 vacancies on both the Planning Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals. Some are very qualified individuals who have served the city well, and might be regarded as cronies of the current commission. Some are very well qualified individualism who had a difference of opinion with the current commission on some issues. These appointments are under items R,and S. They are not to be confused with Ex-Officio appointments which are commission members appointed to various boards or commission as liaisons. This will be a most interesting part of the meeting and provide a glimpse of the direction the new commission will be taking.
The applications of the candidates are in the agenda pack. One is on a form so old we think it comes from the desk of a very old commissioner who at one time inadvertently painted shut a the drawer. Later it was assigned to his daughter's 3/4 size doll house. The years went by and when the daughter graduated from college the desk was retrieved and the drawer pried open to reveal a stack of very old appointment applications.That is but one plausible explanation. There may be others.
Agenda Item 6 The Commission will hear an update from the Baldwin Library. Really ? How nice. On their own, with no prompting, they fulfilled all their campaign promises. Hopefully the over crowded agenda won't give them the bum's rush.
Agenda Item 7. The Commission will hear a presentation from Cobalt Community Research on the result of the Citizen Survey. The Final Edition is in the agenda package and we have posted it by topic on our blog. They are the last six entries and you may reach them simply by scrolling down the page (they will be in reverse order) or by consulting the index in the right hand corner of this page. We have many comments but are deferring them until we here the presentation.
Agenda Item 8; The Commission will consider the request of a property owner for permission to install landscaping in the City road right of way. Think City Commission meetings have nothing to do with you ? Think again. The City Commission is always the proverbial court of last resort.
Agenda Item 9: Public Hearing The Commission will hold a public hearing on the Woodlands Tree Ordinance. This may be the last time residents have a chance to discuss the issue before it goes to a vote.
Agenda item 19. The Commission will discuss the appointment provisions in the City Charter. One wonders why ? A two page copy of the those pages is in the agenda packet. We don't think it has anything to do with the appointments made earlier in evening. We don't think it is a covert attempt to change the charter without the permission of the people. We think it has something to do with anticipated future events which at this point we can only guess at. The discussion should be interesting.
Agenda item 20. The Commission will discuss compensation for non-union employees. This has already been discussed in Budget meetings that were open to the public. The City has benefited from
extraordinary efforts from these employees. The discussion may be an affirmation of what was said in the budget meetings. It may be more. We will find out tonight
Agenda Item 8; The Commission will consider the request of a property owner for permission to install landscaping in the City road right of way. Think City Commission meetings have nothing to do with you ? Think again. The City Commission is always the proverbial court of last resort.
Agenda Item 9: Public Hearing The Commission will hold a public hearing on the Woodlands Tree Ordinance. This may be the last time residents have a chance to discuss the issue before it goes to a vote.
Agenda item 19. The Commission will discuss the appointment provisions in the City Charter. One wonders why ? A two page copy of the those pages is in the agenda packet. We don't think it has anything to do with the appointments made earlier in evening. We don't think it is a covert attempt to change the charter without the permission of the people. We think it has something to do with anticipated future events which at this point we can only guess at. The discussion should be interesting.
Agenda item 20. The Commission will discuss compensation for non-union employees. This has already been discussed in Budget meetings that were open to the public. The City has benefited from
extraordinary efforts from these employees. The discussion may be an affirmation of what was said in the budget meetings. It may be more. We will find out tonight
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