http://www.zemens.com/wp262 Rochester, Michigan City Council Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:04:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My test run of keeping semi-regular office hours met with limited success. Over the course of three months, only one person came to meet with me. As a result, I will no longer be keeping those hours. But I am always interested in hearing from anyone interested in talking ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/09/03/the-end-of-office-hours/ After testing some semi-regular "office hours" in the month of June, I have decided to change those hours to a time that might be more effective. My new office hours will coincide with regularly scheduled council meetings, which are normally held at 7:30pm on the second and fourth Mondays ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/06/29/modified-office-hours/ As most of you know, a city council person in Rochester is a part time position. Most members of the council have full time jobs, but still manage to put in the many hours necessary to be an informed city council person. These hours include, but are not ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/06/04/my-office-hours/ The new city council decided to take a different approach to the annual budget review process this year. In the past, the process was quite simply a rubber stamp for whatever the city administration asked for. To call it a review process was something of a misnomer. With income ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/03/23/the-2008-2009-budget-is-complete/ The city council met on March 7th and March 8th to interview the five finalists for the vacant city manager position. We interviewed two candidates on Friday and the remaining three candidates during an all day Saturday session. The interviews each lasted approximately two hours. Mark Nottley, our hired ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/03/09/city-manager-decision/ On Saturday, February 23rd the council met in an open meeting to continue the city manager search process. There were a total of sixty five applications made. Our hiring consultatant, Mark Nottley, reviewed those 65 applicants and reduced the number to 27 for us to review. I was very ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/02/26/city-manager-search-process-2/ On Saturday, February 23 the city council will meet to review the resumes submitted for the vacant city manager postion. Our hiring consultant, Mark Nottley, will have made the first cut of the resumes, but my understanding is that we will see the resumes that he dismissed and will ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/02/18/city-manager-search-process-1/ This city council is in the process of reviewing the various professional contracts that the city maintains. These include the city attorney, the city planner, the county assessor and the city auditor, to name a few. The first contract to be reviewed was for contracted auditing services. This contract ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/02/12/professional-contracts-101-auditing/ I received an email yesterday that was sent to my official city council email address. The email was also sent to each of the other council members. In this email, the writer made a complaint about the manner in which the snow was plowed on the residential streets ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/02/09/time-will-tell/ On January 25, 2008 American Legion Unit #172 sponsored an event honoring selected members of the Rochester, Rochester Hills and Oakland Township police and fire departments. At this event, the American Legion presented these officers with the American Legion Americanism Award. As part of that event, two Rochester public safety ... http://www.zemens.com/wp262/2008/01/26/rochester-officers-commended/