Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Study Session Update: March 24, 2008

From what I hear, the study session went pretty long on Monday night. Steve Marcotte spoke with the council for about an hour about his financial study on Ruston. Ordinance 1251 appears to make our part-time utility clerk full time. It was decided that the first reading needed to happen during a regular council meeting, so it will be on the agenda for April 7th.

There was further discussion on new council rules and procedures as presented by Council Member Albertson and the potential switch to a new form of government.

Carl Sticksrood, our current planner with Huitt-Zollars was in attendance to discuss the final two issues on the agenda (town planner and CTED grant to re-write the Point Ruston Master Plan), which happened sometime after 9 pm.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The majority of the agenda was set aside and forwarded to the next study session of April 7.

There was much in depth discussion on the study topics. Over all, a good session to see the council working, in public.

The council is still contacting other munincipalities regarding a shared planner/engineering contract to drastically reduce the time and dollars involved.

Mr Marcotte did mention that we could engage the services of a town manager for a large discount by searching amongst retired managers. Their needs are met and they are looking for some boredom relief.