3/14 Council recap

I attended council on mon 3/14 and here's what I saw:

No parking signs. This process Is broken. There are few issues in mm more important than parking and one person should not make the call. There is no safety issue at that corner regardless of what was said. This is a neighborhood dispute, again a situation where government does not need to intervene. And we're worse off when it does. These signs have no legal binding and I'm curious to see the first challenge to a parking ticket and how it plays out. I fear we will lose in court. Council should play a key role in these decisions.

Bill pay process. Good news here. Bills aren't mailed until after Council approves. This step makes me feel comfortable that our vote actually matters

Letter from Citizen re waste in Maintenance Dept. We'll get into this in detail next Council, but there are some accusations that warrant inspection. We need to make sure we're getting every dollar of value out of investments managed by Maintenance (ie Tree planting). John's an honest, hard worker, and I'm sure we can figure out each line item. More to come on this.

Fire OT (after end of meeting). OT went from $0 to a few hundred dollars each month, mostly attributed to Tim Feichtner. Rick and Jeff spent 20 mins with me after Council and I walked away feeling better about why it's happening. Our decision to run with fewer full time has a side effect: less loyalty when we need someone to step in last minute. There is an opportunity to fill the part time roster with great, and more available folks, but this won't fix it. So, it's unfortunate that we spend too much sometimes, but it's a "cost of doing business". I can live with it. Thx Rick and Jeff for their continued patience with my repeated questions on this and other subjects.

Votes. I voted in the affirmative on all votes as all were procedural in nature.

Video of meeting. ICRCtv.com

Cortney