The American Fork City Council has been working to effect the following changes which are in the works or have already happened, (just a few, others forthcoming):
- Consent Agenda items for City Council...... to handle routine, summary matters that do not require debate or dialogue, which will result in more expedited and effective meetings.
- Simplified Rules of Procedure for Council Mtgs. ........not the lengthy Roberts Rules of Order but a shortened version which is citizen friendly and will result in continued Public input but in a more orderly fashion.
- Redesigned City Website......more user friendly, more informative, building on the already successful one we have.
- Less "Subject to's" in land use matters......this will encourage developers to be more prepared and staff to be more effecient.
- Completion of updated Employee Policies and Procedures....finally out of the dark ages into the light of the 21st century.
- A Business and Marketing Plan for Broadband.....a positive sign to make the system profitable. I hope to also have a "Citizens Advisory Board" to assist us in making the system better and more valuable.
- A Police Department with high morale....Chief Call is doing a great job. We will see more "community policing", more visibility among the officers.
What would you like to see happen?
The money slated to be spent on arts and recreation came from Redevelopment funds and cannot by law be used for our water system. It was a case of "use it (RDA funds) or lose it". We are addressing the water issue as a top priority. Tom Whitchurch was the Broadband Director and was released due to costs saving matters. He continues to live in Alpine pursuing other ventures. Tom did some very good things, the most important was getting us in the fiber business.
Posted by: Shirl | March 07, 2006 at 06:30 PM
How about this change?
Quit spending money on un-necessary things like rec. center additions and city hall make overs and a $600,000 skate park and spend the money on something this city really needs - like secondary water and a good future culinary water plan.
What ever happened to the marketing genius the city hired to market the Broadband system?
Posted by: AF Citizen | February 20, 2006 at 08:32 PM