In a vote of 7-0 (at 12:36 AM)the city council voted to accept the resignation of Chris Reed effective June 30, 2009. He will get everything that his contract states in the event of his resignation. According to the Houston Chronicle Everything League City blog “As part of his resignation, Reed said he will (be)paid a year's salary and for his sick and vacation time, which he said equates to approximately $211,000.”
Texas First will “send two or three names” to the city for an “interim” city administrator. Then the city staff will go out for RFQs for a search firm to decided on a permanent city administrator. Mr. Baron wanted to hire Ron Cox’s firm and asked if this could be done now, however it was pointed out to him that the agenda item did not allow such action.
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I think the City's focus should be on correcting and fixing our infrastructure. All resources, time, money, etc should be going towards this.
Does anyone else see this as a priority?
Back in April we could not talk enough about helping the 100's that were flooded out of their homes.
Infrastructure, infrastructure, infrastructure...how soon we forget, Rusty. During any election it's a hot button, and then it's filed away.
You've seen the discussions next door, does it make you feel warm and secure?
Proactive means serving to prepare for. Are we prepared? Are we preparing?
It seems that some are only preparing to react.
Let's have this discussion here, Rusty. There's less traffic and self interest here.
How do you think our tax money should be prioritized and where does greater good fit into the equation?
I think the drainage issues are on Council and the Mayor's radar. The Mayor has agreed to come back out to our neighborhood and speak to our residents again. They have all expressed their concerns and offered to help address. The question is going to be where to allocate the little bit of money you have even after bond money has been sold. Clear Creek Village has some problems as do many other neighborhoods. It is going to come down to priorities. I got to get to work but will comment more on this later. In fairness, I asked Marc to post a thread on this issue and that he did. I do not want this to get lost in the shuffle. I will also respond on his when I get some time later today.
The golden question: Where are the priorities?
I've seen the post next door, Rusty.
I think you hit the nail on the head with the question of "where are the priorities". I would add a second question. Who is establishing the priorities?
That is not a staff question but a question of which group within the community has the loudest voice in the process of determining how tax dollars are allocated.
There are concerns that projects that benefit a relatively small number of citizens are being funded, while projects that may require similar funding, and stand to provide benefit to a much larger segment of the population are being consigned to the C I P process.
You mentioned your collapsed lines in Clear Creek Village. Are we talking millions to repair them, or are we talking thousands? Are there currently funds being considered for other projects that could be better spent addressing the concerns of C C V and others?
I am trying to get a time that Jack Murphy can meet with me. (hard task..lol)
I want to go item by item so I understand. There are many restless residents wanting some feedback. I would have no idea what these would cost. I think it would be counter productive to not meet with myself and another Board Member. We have seen and witnessed the different scenarios. Heavy rains, long rains, etc...
I also want to understand how the lines run so we can relay information back. We have one line that several other neighborhoods feed into.
Looking forward to a meeting.
I am trying to get a time that Jack Murphy can meet with me. (hard task..lol) Tim P is helping arrange this.
I want to go item by item so I understand. There are many restless residents wanting some feedback. I would have no idea what these would cost. I think it would be counter productive to not meet with myself and another Board Member. We have seen and witnessed the different scenarios. Heavy rains, long rains, etc...
I also want to understand how the lines run so we can relay information back. We have one line that several other neighborhoods feed into.
Looking forward to a meeting.
RustyT,
I agree. I would like to see a written time line/summary showing what happened, what has been done, and short and long term plans for dealing with these immediate infrastructure needs.
I am very tired of listening to long winded confusing explanations given during city council meetings.
Please ask Jack Murphy to put something in writing that makes sense.
The city engineering should be able to provide a straight forward summary of these problems and proposal of solutions without hiring outside consultants.
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