As you know, I have been after this for awhile, and to tell you the truth my patience boiled over on Monday afternoon, when just the week earlier I was told that SIRE works ‘just fine.’

As I logged into the city website on Monday at 4 PM, I noticed the audit committee meeting was not viewable. I first called the clerk’s office. Assistant city clerk Denise verified that indeed SIRE was not working (I already knew that) so once again, the finger pointing started all over again. She blamed Central Services and basically had the same attitude I have been fighting on this topic for months, no accountability. I had some time on my hands Monday afternoon, so a began a barage of calls. First to the head of Central Services, Sue. Left a message, no answer. Then I called the mayor’s office, where I also left a message. Within 5 minutes or so I get a call from Jon Klemme, head of IT for the city. I wish I would have recorded our nearly 45 minute conversation. We got into about censorship, contracts, conspiracies, finger pointing, accountability, tax dollars, archives, etc. etc. I finally couldn’t listen to the excuse machine any longer and told Jon to have a nice evening, and I hung up on him.

I contacted Huether in an email on Tuesday morning, first of all apologizing for my tirades, and secondly pleading with him to fix the problem already. Well by yesterday afternoon at the informational meeting a press release was read. They finally ‘realized’ there was a problem, and they are going to have it fixed, hopefully this week.

So no, I wasn’t imagining it, the system is broke.

 

News Release For Immediate Release

Release Date: December 11, 2012

Contact:  Jon Klemme, Information Technology Manager

Phone: 367-8841

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