--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Joe D'Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When City Employees (even department heads) are required or
requested to be all meetings, all sort of comp time and workplace
rules kick in. It cost big bucks to have all department heads attend
all City Council meetings particularly when they last until 10:30 or
11 pm. ~joe
Well that was my original feeling and thus, I think supports the
issue that ordinances and such need to have some pre-exposure before
being 1) discussed, and certainly 2) voted on. Having this exposure
permits citizens to question and ask for further information
(perhaps in accordance with JK's prior post) and the information
given and if need be the department head then asked to appear at the
council meeting to provide answers.
Tom's concern is that citizens might have questions unrelated to the
issues at a particular meeting. Theoretically, any citizens can call
up a department head at any time and ask questions. In the best of
worlds, this would be handled like a private business (citizens
should be treated as customers) with a central point to handle calls
and point them in the right direction and with a record of the call
and a follow up to see if the problem was resolved. This is the only
way to see what the effectiveness of the system is and should be
directly related to the dept heads' review.
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