As reported in The Explorer, this past Wed. the council approved by a 5-2 vote to proceed with getting bids for a Management Study of the Police Department & Parks & Rec Department.
Following his approx. 10 month self imposed rule of not voting for anything of importance that Council Members Garner & Latas support, KC Carter voted "no" along with Kunisch. Too bad these two, for their own purposes, refuse to do what's best for the town.
Here's what The Explorer says.
Management study gets go ahead
The council also approved a plan to dip into cash reserves to pay for a pair of management studies focusing on the police and parks and recreation departments.
Kunisch and Carter opposed the plan. Mayor Loomis and council members Garner, Gillaspie, Latas and Spoerl voted for moving ahead with the management studies.
Estimates for the cost of the studies vary from $50,000 to $80,000 for the police, and $40,000 to $75,000 for parks and recreation.
Council policy for several years has been to conduct a study of each town department. To date, four town departments have been evaluated, including legal, building safety, library and public works.
Carter noted what he saw as problems with a study done on the town's legal department, a study that he requested.
"I really got burned on that legal decision," Carter said. He also described the final analysis as "poorly written."
With the council decision to move forward on the studies, a request for proposals from qualified firms should be ready by March. The money to pay for the studies would come out of this year's budget.
3 comments:
I find it rather interesting that several persons within this community, including a couple of Council Members, had no problem with 'raiding' the contingency fund in order to sate the coffers of a few 'non-profits' but now claim 'foul' because these management 'studies' will be funded by this same fund (as I understand it). At the Meeting it seemed rather obvious that there were those who simply did not want for an INDEPENDENT study. What IS the REAL reason for their protest? Also, at least one of the 'antis' who is using the expenditure factor as an excuse had no problem in stipulating that Parks and Rec be likewise 'studied'. People, as I have stated on many issues, ya just can't use double standards.
I would like to add to the above that
those of us (at least most of those with whom I have spoken) are NOT 'AGAINST' the OVPD nor Chief Danny Sharp as 'some' insist on stating; we ARE simply FOR an accountability that department self-analysis and 'national standards' cannot provide; Oro Valley is NOT 'Anytown', USA.
There was an article in today's Explorer noting that the Marana council approved a deal which involved its Vice Mayor Herb Kai. Mr Kai recused himself from any discussion on that item.
Too bad, Mr. Kunisch who, as an OV volunteer policeman and real estate agent never even saw fit to acknowledge any potential conflicts. Obviously, he never considered not voting on some of the more contentious issues concerning police and real estate signs.
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