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Posted: Thu Apr 2nd, 2009 06:39 pm |
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| Do we know the out come of the workshop, waiting for the minutes on the internet.
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Sure it was posted on the website all week i believe it was about the future of old city hall.
Attachment: Coversheet.pdf (Downloaded 1 time) Last edited on Thu Apr 2nd, 2009 01:26 am by Craig
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| Did you know that the City Council held a special workshop today? Last edited on Thu Apr 2nd, 2009 12:56 am by
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Posted: Wed Apr 1st, 2009 04:15 am |
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Apr. 1
Free credit & budget classes
Apr. 2
Special City Council Work SessionLast edited on Wed Apr 1st, 2009 04:16 am by
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| The City of Surprise Organization Chart, March 9, 2009 is interesting.
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Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 06:04 pm |
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Pride Day Meeting
March 19, 2009 6:00 p.m.
Toshi’s Roast
17058 West Bell Road
Surprise, AZ Councilman John WilliamsLast edited on Tue Mar 17th, 2009 06:07 pm by
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Posted: Mon Mar 16th, 2009 08:36 pm |
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Corporate greed, highlights how few protections exist for renters caught in the foreclosure crisis. That’s a situation that some experts say is becoming much more common.
This is happening big time in Arizona.
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Meltdown: a good book to read. Government bailouts will make things worse.
Enter Tom Woods with his blockbuster book Meltdown. It's all here, all the information you need to understand what is happening and what to do about it. ...
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Posted: Wed Mar 11th, 2009 07:17 pm |
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| I get all my information on the internet.
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| to get the attendance, all you have to do is look in the sports section of the Arizona Republic.
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rvukanovich wrote: It would be nice if the City of Surprise would tell us what the Attendance have been at the stadium for the base ball games.
Went to Glendale on Saturday to watch the Dodgers lose. Their attendance was 11,800.
Wouldn't Coronado (sp?) have access to this number?
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Posted: Tue Mar 10th, 2009 06:21 pm |
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It would be nice if the City of Surprise would tell us what the Attendance have been at the stadium for the base ball games.
Went to Glendale on Saturday to watch the Dodgers lose. Their attendance was 11,800.
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 10:25 pm |
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Mayor Lyn Truitt and his Council is doing a lot of sweeping.
The City Council voted to put the primary property tax revenue set-aside on hold and to sweep all remaining set-aside funds - including those for the arts commission and enhancements called for in the Americans with Disabilities Act - into the general fund. The measure will re-allocate $1.33 million to the general fund for the 2009 fiscal year.
Does this mean that there is no money to decorate, either the Police Dept. or the City Hall.
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Posted: Thu Mar 5th, 2009 07:18 pm |
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City looks for $6.8M cuts to balance budget
Surprise City Manager clarifies media budget report
The Mayor, City Council and I have been informing residents quickly and accurately about our budget processes in these difficult times, so I want to move promptly to address today’s situation.
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Any coverage you can provide is greatly appreciated! Thanks! Diane
Improve your finances, free classes starting March 11th
To register for any or all of these classes, or to obtain more information, contact Ruby Sitea at 623.222.3242 or ruby.sitea@surpriseaz.com.
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 08:31 pm |
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City looks for $6.8M cuts to balance budget
The article says to reduce its $80.6 million budget, what are they referring to?
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Posted: Tue Mar 3rd, 2009 04:48 am |
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Mar. 3 6:00 pm
Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting
Mar. 5 4:00 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 25th, 2009 08:46 pm |
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This is in regards to retirement pay to Council, still have not received an answer from the City Attorney.
received email below on 2/3/09
Bob:
Michael Bailey, City Attorney, states there is a court decision on this very matter that states this is no additional compensation covered by the sections you mentioned. I have asked him to forward a copy of the case to you.
Randy
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Posted: Wed Feb 25th, 2009 08:40 pm |
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• 25 employees laid off Feb. 6.
• Nine are rehired into vacant positions.
• Eight vacant positions still to be filled.
• 50 percent of all City Hall employees are Surprise residents.
• 40 percent of the laid-off employees are Surprise residents.
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Posted: Fri Feb 6th, 2009 12:50 am |
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I asked Mayor lyn Truitt if; Would receiving close to $300,000 in retroactive retirement pay while in office be considered compensation?
Received from the City Manager;
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Michael Bailey, City Attorney, states there is a court decision on this very matter that states this is no additional compensation covered by the sections you mentioned. I have asked him to forward a copy of the case to you.
Randy
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Questioning Quarters: go to surpriseaznews.com
Surprise, AZ
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Does anyone other then me get the impression that the City Manager of Surprise, Az is the point person for the City Council.
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Posted: Mon Nov 3rd, 2008 06:16 pm |
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| My experience with our new City Manager Randy Oliver has been great, whenever I email him with a question I get a prompt answer.
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| Must be nice, especially since the property tax money will no longer be rolling in. Hail to the chief!
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In the City of Surprise there is no recession in the City Managers office.
The City Managers 2009 office budget, 19% increase over FY2008 of $1,102,000 of this amount $1,062,900 (81%) is for salaries and fringe benefits for the seven (7) employees
City Manager
Assistant City Manager (2)
Deputy City Manager
Assistance to City Manager
Executive Administrative Specialist (2)
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| City managers have it good, they are not elected nor do they haved had to live in the city or state previously to being hired. If they come from another state they not know the city that hires them or the state satutes.
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| Unable io define the direction the City of Surprise is going, embracing, vibrant and southwest living makes sense. Last edited on Mon Oct 27th, 2008 03:06 am by
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Posted: Sun Oct 26th, 2008 04:02 pm |
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Interesting that when i was looking into the actions of the city manager in Peoria Illinois i came across his letter of resignation. He actually used the live work and play line in that letter referring to the city of peoria. Kind of interesting
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Thanks for pointing that out Craig. I had not noticed. Why the change.
Is it because it is almost impossible to live, WORK, and play in Surprise anymore? That is just a joke. So who decided on the new slogan?
To bad they did not let the residents choose, that would have been a fun and interactive community event. I think our resident would have enjoyed being a part of that.
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Posted: Sun Oct 26th, 2008 03:15 pm |
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I noticed the city has changed its motto. Im wondering what if any is going to be the cost of changing all the signs around town.
  12425 W. Bell Road Surprise, AZ 85374
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Posted: Mon Oct 13th, 2008 02:19 am |
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I did not put this on here to be negative, i just wanted to get some history on him because the best way to see where we are headed is to see where he has been. It gives us a little foresight. We have already see a few things he did in peoria and so far not anything bad. I do question his authority to give away city services for any reason. Id like to get say my water bill free if say the cant get it right. But even if there is a snafu of some sort i dont think he should have the authority to give it away. This is not dominos pizza.
There are a few things that i see upcomming, the business license for all rental property that was introduced at the last meeting. He seems to like to add fees to things in attempt to regulate them. A 100 a day fine for abandon property in an attempt to find the owners. I think if they cant find them then adding a 100.00 a day fine isnt going to change that. Lastly helping business locate in surprise by the city gaurenteeing their loans and from what i understood no protection for the city. This may be an acceptable practice but just keep in mind we as a city need gaurentees as well. Glendale did that with AAA and they biled in 2 years. So, my intent really is not to say he was doing anything bad but just to give you all things to think about when they come up here because they will. It is very typical city managers to repeat the actions they took in previous cities because thats what they do. No problem it like i said just gives us a little prespectice.
Im just like oreilly, im just lookin out for you.
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spincycle wrote: Wow, sounds like Mr. Oliver was trying to put some distance between himself and whatever went on in Peoria, Illinois. He was applying all over the country, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, hmmmmm. Don't they have a name for that? Gypsy Manager?
No wonder the city council was trying to keep his hiring hush-hush and away from the public.
You may just be onto something there Spin. I bet this council did go out of their way to find the worst possible candidate for this job and then tried to keep it a secret from you.  LOL. Same old spin. 
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Wow, sounds like Mr. Oliver was trying to put some distance between himself and whatever went on in Peoria, Illinois. He was applying all over the country, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, hmmmmm. Don't they have a name for that? Gypsy Manager?
No wonder the city council was trying to keep his hiring hush-hush and away from the public.
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Posted: Sun Oct 12th, 2008 06:29 pm |
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If you want to know whats in store for Surprise under the new city manager just look at history. Although the general thought is he was a pretty good guy there might a couple of items that we may not be too happy about.
http://peoriachronicle.com/index.php?s=randy+oliver
http://peoriapundit.com/blogpeoria/search/randy%20oliver
http://peoriachronicle.com/2007/09/21/city-recommends-keeping-fleet-management-in-house/
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LucifersLandLord, good to be back with you.
You can't wait before it hits you between the eye's in a crisis.
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Posted: Thu Oct 9th, 2008 05:58 pm |
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rvukanovich wrote: To all accounts City Manager Randy Oliver is doing a good job.
As he is responsible for running the city, what are his thoughts on the financial strength of the City of Surprise and is it possible that we could have financial problems of our own, has he and Council held meetings on this possibility?
Ok Bob today is Oct 9th, let the poor man get in the door. Remember we are to wait so many months before critizing anyone or asking questions. HAHAHA Just teasing.Last edited on Thu Oct 9th, 2008 06:00 pm by LucifersLandlord
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To all accounts City Manager Randy Oliver is doing a good job.
As he is responsible for running the city, what are his thoughts on the financial strength of the City of Surprise and is it possible that we could have financial problems of our own, has he and Council held meetings on this possibility?
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 03:57 am |
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| The new City Managers first day on the job was July 8th. under stand that today he is meeting with various council members.
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How about checking the website RV or calling?
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| Having been in Quebec the last 2 weeks, does anyone know if our new City Manager has taken over yet?
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The Interim City Manager will have two (2) months remaining on her contract when the new City Manager takes office on July 1st. Will the City of Surprise give her approx. $30,000 and she leaves or will she stay to earn her money and help the new Manager for the remaining two months?
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The contracts written by the City of Surprise....
Surprise, AZ News
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Reactr wrote: Well RAZ, go back to your posting on June 6, at 5:46 pm. YOU have unable to concede how WRONG you were. As Mr. Woodard pointed out, both the article and the blog emanated from the RAG.
For the last several days you have done your best to belittle other people in your postings on this subject. You...and hopefully everyone else... should go back over the venon you have spewed at people having nothing to do with the RAG editorial.
Whoever you are fronting for is going to disappointed in the way you have blundered this one.
Now, are going to make the apology?
Of course not. Pride - and the prospect of concedeing an error- will not permit.
LOL!!!! a republican admitting fault and apologizing!!!! Hahahahaha come on Raz I would pay admission to see that or better yet do a fund raiser for your party, god knows Mccain needs the help....
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Well RAZ, go back to your posting on June 6, at 5:46 pm. YOU have unable to concede how WRONG you were. As Mr. Woodard pointed out, both the article and the blog emanated from the RAG.
For the last several days you have done your best to belittle other people in your postings on this subject. You...and hopefully everyone else... should go back over the venon you have spewed at people having nothing to do with the RAG editorial.
Whoever you are fronting for is going to disappointed in the way you have blundered this one.
Now, are going to make the apology?
Of course not. Pride - and the prospect of concedeing an error- will not permit.
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| LOL, apology accepted!!!!
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That article was also printed Saturday in the Surprise Edition of the Az. Republic, on the Editorial page under the caption "OUR OPINION". I am no longer confused, the discussion is in fact concerning the same article, one printed in the paper, one posted on the editorial blog site. Thanks for the help.
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WestValleyEditorials Blog
Not an AZ Republic Editorial OPINION.....
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Just my ten cents here (inflation, ya know...) but I don't believe it is the whole Council the people are having a problem with but rather the Mayor. Some of the new Council members have shown they have minds of their own -- a very important factor, i.e., checks and balances. Raz, you have a tendency of putting them altogether as one collective unit. They are not, nor should they be. They should, of course, be able to work together which does not mean they will agree on everything, thus the purpose of an uneven number.
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| Maybe someone can help me out, I'm confused over just what is being discussed. Did I read an editorial, on Saturday regarding the city council, or was it a blog article. What I read was on the editorial page. were there two articles, or one article. I am being confused by the term "blog article"
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The AZ Republican has not been negative towards this Mayor and Council. They are reporting on whatever actions have been taken and on the reaction. Simple. No different from the past council. They didn't report negatively about them either, they only reported what actions and reactions were going on.
If you are referring to the recent Blog article, that wasn't written by the AZ Republic Opinion Board, that was a blog guest writer hit piece by a disgruntled wanna be. That wasn't an AZ Rep Opinion piece and it has no relevance.
This is just more of the same old same old from the council dissenters that promised to go after them for everything because they felt that is what happened to their buddies on the last council. P...O....L....I....T....I....C...S.. at its worst. Not good for the City, but they don't care about that.
This Mayor and Council run circles around the last one. When have you seen a debate about what should go in their pockets with this council? Whether it be raises, expensive car stipends, retirement benefits, monthly parties/barbecues, credit card abuses, travel reimbursement abuses....I could go on but your answer is "we haven't seen any of that".
But all the dissenters can talk about are Personnel issues. WOW. Can you imagine a new council requesting a new position on staff, how crazy are those guys?? This is probably the first council in the history of mankind to do something so off the wall. What, recommending someone to fill the position that has had prior experience with the City....OMG!! Or....Hiring a CM without taking a public survey and involving 100,000 people in the process?? Not asking the self proclaimed watchdogs to be involved in the final decision making but instead allowing just the experts involved do their jobs? WOW. What a crazy bunch this is.
I don't know how we will ever move foward with such a rowdy group (dripping sarcasm). I don't know about you, but I didn't vote these guys in so I would have to do the job, I expect them to do it and they are. That is how much of a nonstory this story is.
You can continue to drop the Recall bomb all you want, knock youself out. But it means nothing. Mayor Truitt is a highly respected professional and folks out in reality land like him and like him a lot. Will they make some mistakes along the way, no doubt about it. But you show me any city council that hasn't.
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