Mayor Miller recently commented “the new administration has only been in off for a short time and “change” is a dirty word right now.”
This administration was voted in with a mandate for change. Election Day, November 7, 2017 forward seems to have been an adequate amount of time to formulate specific plans to implement changes that this elected Mayor promised. Those being Transparency, Efficiency and Fiscal Responsibility. What is a reasonable time frame to expect some basic changes with regard to clerical duties and general Town Hall procedures? Audio copies of the 1.8.2018 and 1.17.2018 TOF Council Meetings as of 11:00 a.m. today were not yet available. We understand the PWD director is working on this task rather than his designated list of duties. The January 2018 minutes have yet to be posted on http://fromberg-mt.gov/minutes.html per the photo below. The Private Sector brings their “A” Game, we expect the same from our Local Government.
Yes, the election was on November 7th, but officially our terms started Jan 1st, 2018. You do not just go into an elected office and start making drastic changes. There are many, many things to consider, review and study. The budget being a big part of that, employees another consideration. But most of all you have to work with a lot of people to accomplish your goals. When you go into an elected office with an outgoing mayor, who has elected not to put forth any information on anything having to do with the towns business and previously council members were pretty much left in the dark about certain events, until the actual council meetings. Yes, I have worked with city governments and each city goes about business a little different.
So, until you have actual facts of the job and the work put into it, please do not make assumptions.
Direct Quotes, Questions and Documented Facts are not “assumptions”.