NOLENSVILLE SPLITS ENGINEERING DEPT. 3-WAYS: PLANNING,CODES & ENGINEERING! SO WHO IS IN CHARGE? BUCK STOPS WHERE?
Not One, but
three people
will report to
the Mayor?
You decide? Good or Bad? Or splinter?
Is this "divide & conquer?" or is it "divide
and splinter?" Out-sourcing is "in" so that
when things go wrong...nobody is in charge.
Nobody gets blamed and best of all the out
side engineering consultants still get PAID!
The "buck doesn't stop anywhere!"
You can predict the future senario...the out-
side engineering consultant recommends
another engineering firm to do the work.
Worst case senario it is the firm that he
works for or is some how tied into?
Follow the money is your very best
course of action.
What about codes and planning? They
both are in desperate need of STRONG
leadership.
Listen to what Greg Langeliers, town admin-
istrator of Thompson's Station said about
how they upgraded its engineer from part-
time to full time SO THAT DEVELOPERS
FOLLOW TOWN CODES & REGULATIONS.
Nolensville fired former engineer Rich
Woodruff who was paid some $70k plus
benefits. Paper says he "left?" This money
should be used to help hire a full time town
mgr./administrator/professional.
BTW how come Thompson's Station has a
full time town administrator and Nolensville
has NONE?
Bottom line? Nolensville has paid a very
high price because of non-uniform codes
administration and unqualified members
of the planning commission.
This 3-way split will result in spending
more that the original $150,000 budget
and you won't be able to find out who is
responsible for what? Splintering and
fragmentation is one of the oldest politi-
cal tricks in the playbook. Don't look at
me I didn't have anything to do with that
disaster.
Click Here for Tennessean articles 6/4/07.
posted by Guest Writer at 9:48 PM
4 Comments:
You 'al come on in! There is room for everybody. Outside consultants and inside partimers. Everybody gets a new piece of the budget pie.
When this charade gets through parading thru town we will have spent way more money. Enjoy!
Don't forget the 3 outside consultants still being paid by town to study impact fees. Paper said recent meeting was cancelled due to flight cancellation for consultants. Town should have had impact fees in place 7 years ago?
Any attempt to put an impact fee in effect will be met head=on with a lawsuit from developers seeking town approval. It's too..too late.
I doubt Rich Woodruff was paid anywhere near $70M (million). Didn't you mean $70K (thousand)?
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