Bill Gillette

Bill Gillette
ideas list needed people table waiting
We never had a waiting list for people who wanted to be on the board. We needed more people to come to the table and have everyone's ideas heard.
allow emergency employers leave longer receive respond ten volunteers workplace
Ten or 20 years ago, employers would allow volunteers to leave the workplace to respond to an emergency or to receive training. Today, this is no longer the case.
approve deficit encourage
I encourage you not to approve deficit spending.
career economy expand family point ranks reduced volunteer
But the economy and family responsibilities have reduced our volunteer ranks to the point that we must expand our career staff.
anytime bids city equipment information low purchases required shown three
Anytime the city purchases anything costing over $5,000 it is required to get three bids. Those bids are not shown in the information on the miscellaneous equipment and you do not know if that is the low bid or not.
change primary
Things don't usually change much from the primary to the (general) election.
approved change council order
He already has the change order before the council approved it.
budget city clerk department finance last manager proposed speak submitted time
The last time I submitted my proposed budget to the city clerk and didn't speak to the city manager or finance director, and I was a department head.