Around Town with the Town Manager #7
July 22, 2010 by Al · Leave a Comment
This is the final in a series of three columns on Tax Incremental Financing, known and referred to a TIF. This column is devoted exclusively to questions about the financing or paying for the infrastructure improvements to Severance Corners, of course, with your approval as voters. The ball is in your hands – if you [...]
Around Town with the Town Manager #4
July 5, 2010 by Al · Leave a Comment
The Evergreen Report cost the taxpayers $28,000 and is a central theme of my thoughts and actions as Town Manager. The full report including its recommendations can be found at http://www.colchestervt.gov/misc/EvergreenFinalReport.pdf. People need to become familiar with it. Today, I am going to give an update on several of the report’s recommendations – specifically numbers [...]
Around Town with the Town Manager #3
June 20, 2010 by Al · Leave a Comment
As noted in my first column, I think of my primary job as being “guardian of the future.” Nothing is more worrisome than the fact that we live in a society that is “governed” by past decisions. Since we are not omniscient, our decisions today have a tendency to “limit our freedom of choices” in [...]
Around Town with the Town Manager #2
June 13, 2010 by Al · Leave a Comment
This week, May 17-21, has been one of worry and reflection. For the first two days, worry whether the voters would pass or reject the request to re-authorize the Capital Transportation Program. On Election Day, close to 8:00 p.m., we learned from Karen Richard, Town Clerk that the re-authorization request passed by 300+ votes. That [...]
Around Town with the Town Manager #1
June 6, 2010 by Al · Leave a Comment
A number of people have suggested that I write a weekly column to report my thoughts on happenings in the town of Colchester so residents will understand what municipal government is doing. There is one problem: I’m not a writer and I’m a private person. With that caveat, over the course of the next several [...]