In a couple of weeks some members of the city council will go to Washington DC for the annual National League of Cities conference. There can be some good that come out of these things.
Let's take a trip back in time to last year. Because of the city's financial situation,, only four people were scheduled to go. Two council members, the city manager and the mayor. In reality only three went because of a problem with the flight for one of the council members.
This year we have five people scheduled to go. The city manager, the mayor, and three council members: Sawyer, Sandifer and Kuhn.
Now if I understood what was said at the last council meeting only the mayor and councilmember Sawyer are leaving here on Sunday. That's good. The other three are apparently leaving on Friday.
Well, with the city's finances being what they are why are 5 people going?
Here are my suggestions:
1. Reduce the number of people going to four. With all the travel that Sandifer has done in the past twelve months he can stay home. Especially since he apparently thinks it's "none of your business" to explain the costs of his trip to Texas.
2. Have the remaining four leave on Sunday.
3. Let council member Sawyer and the mayor double up on a room and the city manager and council member Kuhn can do the same thing.
The city would then save a bunch on hotel nights and per diem costs(by both reducing the number of nights and using double rooms) and, by leaving here on Sunday, that would cut down on both even more.
If you agree with me email the mayor at JMeyers@CI.Shawnee.KS.US
and cc me at shawneeray@gmail.com
If you don't agree with me, then don't do anything.
