[Vision2020] city staff

[Tom Hansen]

Donovan Arnold suggested:

"My one suggestion to the Mayor would be to spend a shift with several of the city employees in different departments. I know it sounds like a time muncher, but really in the long run it would save time because she would have a better understanding of the day-to-day operations of the city, the lives of the employees, and would get less push back when trying to make changes."

Yep.  That'll work . . . until people start complaining, and rightfully so, about the mayor spending way too much time out of the office instead of performing those duties she gets paid to perform.

My suggestion:  Perhaps the mayor should enact an open-door policy for city employees.  The mayor can schedule a regular one- or two-hour period each week when her door is "open" to city employees?  This way, if a city employee has a complaint, (s)he can take it directly to the mayor.  As a platoon sergeant in the Army, I set aside an hour before morning formation and an hour before "lights out" for gripe sessions.  It took care of a lot of problems and potential problems.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown



On Apr 13, 2012, at 13:04, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My one suggestion to the Mayor would be to spend a shift with several of the city employees in different departments. I know it sounds like a time muncher, but really in the long run it would save time because she would have a better understanding of the day-to-day operations of the city, the lives of the employees, and would get less push back when trying to make changes.
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