Fire gear tops city's agenda tonight

Monday, June 4, 2012

By Ralph Pokorny

Nevada Daily Mail

Replacing old firefighting turnout gear will top the Nevada City Council's agenda when they meet at 7 p.m. in the council chambers in the Public Safety Building, 120 S. Ash St. The council will be considering bids for six sets of equipment that were purchased in 2003 and 2004.

Other items on the council's agenda are the final reading of ordinances approving an agreement with Crockett Construction to repair a damaged sewer line and an ordinance approving the execution of a master agreement with Williams, Sprugeon, Kuhl & Freshnock Architects and approving an agreement for them to conduct a needs assessment, site analysis and schedule for a new public safety building.

The council will also be considering the first reading of an agreement with the Nevada Housing Authority for additional police services at the Fairgrounds Estates and Chapman Estates and Resolution No. 1346 supporting House Bill No. 1329 which restores sales tax collection on out-of-state motor vehicle purchases.

They will also be considering five general ordinances to update the city's personnel code.

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I think the city council is getting a little carried away now. They are trying to say they can't get any decent summer help, unless they are allowed to hire the children of present employees. Give me a break. I'm sure there are a great number of young people in our community just as qualified, if not more, then their employees children. Lets give some other people a chance.

-- Posted by resident65 on Tue, Jun 5, 2012, at 7:56 AM
If and when caught it appears there is enough community service that needs to be done that the town shouldn't need to hire "summer" help.

-- Posted by jormancat on Tue, Jun 5, 2012, at 10:47 PM
So mercenary police and paying for assessment after we overpay for property wonderful display of leadership.

-- Posted by USS_Missouri on Wed, Jun 6, 2012, at 3:40 PM
According to this is's a needs assessment not a site assessment,

-- Posted by ccmom on Fri, Jun 8, 2012, at 3:09 PM
CC I believe you are correct, but can I ask you what sense does it makes to over pay for property then ***** it for it's ability to function for it's intention? I also would inquire if you can defend paying exorbitant sums to more passing locust as opposed to having the people we already pay do these things? I mean if we have these people already on pay roll who are qualified to evaluate the structure and safety of everything from new buildings and machines worth millions shouldn't they be smart enough to figure out if a building can be put there and safely run large trucks and high speed police cars out of there? Course a good leader in my opinion would have consulted them before this stage.

-- Posted by USS_Missouri on Sun, Jun 10, 2012, at 2:33 PM
Again, it is my understanding that they are not doing a site assessment, they are doing a needs assessment. They are talking to the fire, police and city court employees to make sure when they design the new public safety building it has everything these departments need now and what they see may be needed in the future to run the departments to the best of their ability. This is what I understood prior to the weekend and I spoke to several city employees through Bushwacker Days and that is what I was told by them also.

-- Posted by ccmom on Mon, Jun 11, 2012, at 9:07 AM
So they had to hire someone for 12,000 dollars to do the architects job before hiring an architect is what you are saying?

"The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it."

- George Bernard Shaw

-- Posted by USS_Missouri on Mon, Jun 11, 2012, at 4:25 PM
Williams, Spurgeon, Kuhl & Freshnock, Architects . . .

-- Posted by ccmom on Mon, Jun 11, 2012, at 6:44 PM
The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions.

Paul Watzlawick

-- Posted by Big Paulie on Tue, Jun 12, 2012, at 3:15 PM
So why not have them do the architecture then feed them an extra 12000 of taxpayer dollars either of you?

-- Posted by USS_Missouri on Tue, Jun 12, 2012, at 9:18 PM
If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking!

General George S Patton

Thank you for playing Henry

-- Posted by USS_Missouri on Tue, Jun 12, 2012, at 9:22 PM

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