The Official Unofficial Minutes of the WL BOA
Jan 4
More Comments from Mayor/Finn
Jerry is intent on considering Committee appointments starting in March. Parks in particular is in need of appointments now to insure a quorum but Jerry is adamant about doing it all at one time. Go figure.
Platte County portion of Barry Road Construction
Discussions with Platte County? "Virtually none" according to Jerry. "I'm not so sure they have legal problems along the way" in explaining the lack of activity by PC despite road signs advising of construction.
Outreach to citizens
"We've got to think about it" Jerry's thoughts about the WLL publishing their newsletter only 8 times a year. No discussion on alternate methods of keeping citizens informed.
BOA Agenda format
"Many of the cities are changing their format" Jerry cited Platte Woods, Houston Lake, Lake Waukomis. They are using a "consent agenda". (Jerry attended two or three BOA meetings before his election, the consent agenda format was used by the previous Mayor...so it only took Jerry three years to figure it out.)
Aldeman Finn's comments
Questioned whether the BOA/Mayor realized the South Platte Y is preparing to begin a $8 million expansion. I believe Ms Finn was questioning the use of tax money in regards to the Y. Jerry pointed out the South Platte Y "has always made a profit, not the case in Platte City". When asked about the county's financial role Jerry said, "I'm not sure how all that works" "I don't think it's costing the County a lot of money."
Questioned Chief Gary on the rising cost of gasoline...the Chief's response was preempted by Jerry, who went into a dissertation on the economics of the price of oil and OPEC. Jerry cited "Malarkey from Iraq" (I believe he meant Prime Minister Maliki) who is bucking the production quotas set out by OPEC, thus insuring more oil. "3.25 a gallon gas wouldn't be a bad thing", Jerry said. "I'm bullish on oil" and as my old boss said, "Pigs get penned, hogs get slaughtered".
(interesting twist on a common phrase...see link)http://www.rothcpa.com/archives/000070.php
2 comments:
On the garbage contract! The city has a web page so obviously has the capability to place a poll on the site to get citizens input and opinions on various agenda items. And this garbage contract idea would be a perfect case to get citizens opinions. Not everyone is available to go the the montly alderman meetings and I have never been contacted by any city official to get my opinion on anything. How about you? Thanks to the editor of this blog for keeping this site up. It seems to be our best source of information on what is going on in the city. This garbage contract will affect us all financially as well as in physical ways, so why should a handfull of city officials or a small committe make such a decision without citizen input. The only possible reason I could see that a poll would not be conducted is that someone would be afraid they might not get the desired result. Thats how I see it!
Wow,seems it was a rare 'Jerry Night'. Sounds like Hisoner was still into the Nog. Would be entertaining if the job weren't serious.
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