Paperwork Pride

The success of the City of Sandy Oaks is going to ride on the success of the city government.  That government will need to be diligent in many things to accomplish what it needs to and one of those is paper work.

Sometimes there will be typos with a document that aren’t going to be horribly important.  For example, on the March 14, 2015 meeting agenda the word “differed” was used instead of “deferred.”  This was obviously a typo and it didn’t change the context of the sentence in which it was used in.

But that issue isn’t the same as other more important errors.  Take for example the very first resolution the City Council ever passed, which didn’t have the correct city listed at the top.  The first resolution reads “The City of Von Ormy.”

Agendas have had other problems as well.  For 4 of the first 5 meetings the address for the meeting location wasn’t correct.  One meeting was supposed to be a workshop, but was announced as a hearing.  A different meeting was scheduled for the year 2915.

Minutes are poorly done as well.  Much of the City Council meetings are omitted from the minutes and they are written to favorably describe the Council members.  Citizens are not so lucky, such as where one set of minutes describes someone as “the ‘Wendy.'”

These are not the simple mistakes of one person.  The entire City Council is approving many of these documents and the Mayor and City Attorney are signing off on them.  8 adults can’t get the job done.

The quality of the city paperwork comes down to the pride in which people feel for the city they want.  Effort is being placed into making sure attorneys make money, but very little effort is being placed into the small things.  And if 8 people can’t care enough to get the address correct for a government meeting, why would they care about more important issues like paving roads?

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