It could have been accomplished without inviting individuals to make presentations as candidates only to be publicly rejected in turn. It was certainly clear to some of the people who came forward in good faith that there never was a possibility of being selected.
Public rejection is no small matter.
Without Mr. Constable, a majority vote for the project was by no means a certainty. His friends were at the meeting to Celebrate his "victory" . No subtlety was employed.
The joint facility is a $26 million project
A simple majority vote, engineered, is hardly a good way to inspire public confidence .
The decision deserved greater time and effort to arrive at a consensus.
It was my judgement then and it's my judgement now.
Since the election ,it has been learned the AFLC project was terribly mismanaged.
It was an add-on to an existing facility at a fraction of the cost of the joint facility.
To this point, it exceeded the budget by twenty-five per cent and completion was months beyond
schedule.
Opening was celebrated twice. Once before and once after the election. Further remediation at considerable expense is still pending.
Now " soil problems" are cited on a site that had to be created as compelling the need for a
supervisory contract not anticipated at the time estimates were presented to Council.
The Officer responsible is no longer responsible and Council has approved a process to replace the individual by open competition.
It is conceivable a person having no idea what has gone before will be appointed.
There is no reason for public confidence.
Twelve people [ or maybe 9 ] attended the open house for the project and none wrote down any objections. The Mayor regarded that as approval enough as those individuals enjoyed their free lunches too.
ReplyDeleteWe are heading for a rough ride and many demons from the fiasco are flying the coop.
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ReplyDeleteJust a little over 30% of the electorate vote. And when it's over, everyone pats themselves on the back. Why would the mayor think any different, when nobody is complaining? People need to storm that council chamber for change. Look what happened when that bell tower went up, garbage pick up was not being picked up on a timely basis, and when someone wanted to cut down a tree!! You would have thought world war 3 was about to happen.
ReplyDeleteNow that you've "commented on a couple of things" let's get on with your Joust with Justice.
All this other stuff is getting so old the smell is dying.
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ReplyDeleteI hope evelyn keeps her joust in-house and does not allow us to take cheap pot-shots at it. There is absolutely no reason for her to subject her work in progress to a bunch of arm chair critics. I include myself.
wonder if the councillors will be ' allowed ' at any interviews for staff. Someone is going to have to ' micro-manage ' - i think they are going to insist on participation.
ReplyDelete17:23- Nah. Micromanaging means more work. But then again...they can just pay some outside consultant or contract out some more micromanagers to pick up the slack, and we're already doing that.
DeleteLooks like we might have used up our ration of good weather for events. I do hope Mr Water Loss is keeping track this year.
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ReplyDeleteWe already have a person who would make an excellent CAO.
Al Downey.
He knows just about all the ropes.
His only problem is that he is a truly nice guy and he gets along very well with people.
Do we really want a CAO with those attributes?
I do not think the soil problems are over. And all thus rain will serve to stimulate any existing weaknesses un the soil composition.
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