From: Estanislau, Robin
To: Moore, Tania
Subject: FW: Supplemental communication for City Council Meeting Date: Friday, August 2, 2024 1:12:05 PM
From:
pacj <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2024 1:04 PM
To: Estanislau, Robin <[email protected]>; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]>
Subject: Supplemental communication for City Council Meeting Robin,
Can you please forward this to the appropriate party?
Thank you.
Council members:
There are two items on the agenda regarding transparency.
One is on the air show settlement and one is
on City Tax Sharing.
I suggest not moving forward with either study.
The State Auditor is conducting a study on the air show settlement.
Staff should be prepping for that
effort.
I do believe in transparency and financial responsibility and request that the entirety of the council comment on the recruitment of a City Manager.
The CM in essence is our City's CEO.
It's a critical post.
Our former CM left in November 2023.
When I wrote to the council and asked about the recruitment process I was told by a staff member there was none and that "we are exploring our options."
When I
asked about the options there was no response.
We currently have the Chief of Police acting as Interim CM. Is the council planning on keeping our chief as interim cm indefinitely?
Are you recruiting for a new
Chief of Police?
Lastly,
I am confused by the City's official facebook Government Page.
There are important updates
regarding vector control, city employee awards and community events.
There are also commentaries
which appear political in nature. I was advised that historically the Govt Page is the Mayor's page and that past mayors have used it to deliver their opinions some of which were political in nature.
In the spirit of
One HB,
perhaps it would be better to keep the neutral Government page and add an additional page for the HB Mayor.
Thank you,
Pat Quintana
8/6/2024
32 (24-549)