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Management Reports
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Attached is the most recent management report. This report is produced weekly by the manager (interim-manager Massey) and given to the council. It’s a public document, but not made public—that’s to say you have to request it. This, along with some other documents, are put in a special folder online so that candidates can have access to it. However, it is password protected.
I asked about staff’s feelings and they felt it was public records—they didn’t mind me sharing it. My issue is more of how difficult it is to access. I don’t like when municipalities keep information behind walls and only release it when asked. Often times the public doesn’t know something exists and thus is not likely to request it.
I’ve avoided posting anything because I do not want to cause difficulties for staff–especially as just a candidate. Government staff are often caught in a catch-22. When they want public input it feels impossible to get people to turn out; but when you could use some quiet time to work things out before politics gets involved, that’s when everyone calls with questions.
This management report included something that begun with little public attention, but is now into the stage of public input. I’ll make another post to talk exclusively about this consolidation of building inspections.
October 8th, 2008 management report
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