How’s the city doing financially?
I have no idea. The city has not been posting their interim financial statements on their web page.
The latest one is for the period ending April 30, 2015. The report was finished May 28.
The March 2015 statement was finished April 27.
Using the old schedule we should have seen the June statements toward the end of July, the July statement toward the end of August, and the August statements in a week or so.
Who’s watching the store? Certainly not the citizens.
The city has some published goals. Number 5 is “Promote Transparent and Consistent Communication Amongst All Members of the Community”. Number 7 is ” Set the Standard for Sound Governance and Fiscal Management”.
Evidently neither is being taken seriously by city staff.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
Maybe the fault does not lie with city staff, but with those elected to represent us in the running of the city. IOW, maybe the Council has become so dysfunctional, and members have meddled in the wrong places to the point that city employees are not able to do their jobs.
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I’d guess that city employees do not always need council meddling to not do their jobs…is the esteemed Manager paying any attention to the failure to adhere to the Lean 6 Sigma formulated goals???
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Niland’s new standard response these kinds of concerns is: “Rest assured, we are doing the right thing.”
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That should merit another$60K raise.
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Transparent. . . also means: Invisible.
Not apparent to the naked eye.
Cannot be seen.
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