Double digit percentages seem high even with inflation but employees not receiving a pay increase for multiple years is ridiculous. Merit raises should be budgeted and based on employee performance review.
I hope before they commit to repaving, they drive these neighborhoods. Meadowbrook (mine) in particular is small but torn up and has been so for years. They can go back to see how many times the requests have been made to fill pot holes but now it’s just a war zone and I stopped reporting fill ins because the city has more to do than fill our 4 streets every day. The holes, once repaired only lasts about three days and then they are torn up again, and I’m re-requesting. I’m sure others are as bad. We’ve been here in this house since 2009 and have never been paved past the original that I know of. Half of the holes on the Larkspur side you can’t even see because of tree/shade coverage. Having to pull off of Tyree at a faster pace than we want to leaves us vulnerable to falling in them. If you don’t pull off fast enough we are honked at, they drive around us in the left lane, or we come close to being rear ended. My directional goes on at the church so it’s not like they don’t have enough time.
As far as the budget and study, I’ve never much cared for studies, big retailers have used them all the time and look where they’ve ended up…but they do serve a purpose to guide you, they are not ever 100% accurate. That’s where we count on slow actions, good discussions with varying opinions, and the realizations that we aren’t these big cities but should push ourselves to be a little more competitive. I’ve left jobs before and taken pay cuts because potential was there. Potential is always a positive selling point along with meeting people halfway.
Thanks Nikki, great info as usual! Appreciate you!
Double digit percentages seem high even with inflation but employees not receiving a pay increase for multiple years is ridiculous. Merit raises should be budgeted and based on employee performance review.
I hope before they commit to repaving, they drive these neighborhoods. Meadowbrook (mine) in particular is small but torn up and has been so for years. They can go back to see how many times the requests have been made to fill pot holes but now it’s just a war zone and I stopped reporting fill ins because the city has more to do than fill our 4 streets every day. The holes, once repaired only lasts about three days and then they are torn up again, and I’m re-requesting. I’m sure others are as bad. We’ve been here in this house since 2009 and have never been paved past the original that I know of. Half of the holes on the Larkspur side you can’t even see because of tree/shade coverage. Having to pull off of Tyree at a faster pace than we want to leaves us vulnerable to falling in them. If you don’t pull off fast enough we are honked at, they drive around us in the left lane, or we come close to being rear ended. My directional goes on at the church so it’s not like they don’t have enough time.
As far as the budget and study, I’ve never much cared for studies, big retailers have used them all the time and look where they’ve ended up…but they do serve a purpose to guide you, they are not ever 100% accurate. That’s where we count on slow actions, good discussions with varying opinions, and the realizations that we aren’t these big cities but should push ourselves to be a little more competitive. I’ve left jobs before and taken pay cuts because potential was there. Potential is always a positive selling point along with meeting people halfway.
Thanks Nikki, great info as usual! Appreciate you!