August Recess and Planning Meeting

It's August. It's a time when folks head to the beach and the Council goes on recess. That doesn't mean City Hall shuts down though. In fact, this August is particularly busy as we plan work sessions to look at the following:

- Assessments ... how we assess property, revisions that need to be made to our process and an update on real estate. As you may know the Council is responsible for assessing all property including providing the policies that govern assessments.
- Update on economic development ... we actually have a host of projects in the pipeline. We'll hear how things are going.
- Finances.... Enough said really: How are we doing financially? And are we out of the woods?
- Water and sewer system ... At the last council meeting we were asked to consider spending $23 million taxpayer dollars on essential upgrades to the system. We'll get an update

There are some other items that I'm probably missing. If I think about them I will post them here.

Finally, you have probably noticed that I've been offline. Part of the reason is that my Apple died and with it my main web site (it's computer, not web based). Then I took a new job as Director of PR at the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, a non-profit and then there's just the family/vacation stuff that comes up during the summer.

From now on, the blog will be the web site so look for more updates here.

Hope everyone is having a good summer.