Sioux Falls City Council Agenda, Week of July 29, 2019
l3wis There are no official meetings this week, but a special ‘gun violence’ meeting Tuesday Night at the Kenny Anderson community center.
Budget Meetings begin the following week on MONDAY.
2019
Sioux Falls Planning Director Eckhoff resigns from Xcel Advisory Board before BOE makes decision
I haven’t watched this video yet, but I guess this unfolds in a very unusual way. I also guess Xcel asked Jeff to ask for the opinion (as I assumed).
When hiring a professional, it’s good to use a professional recruiter
With Jason Ball leaving the Chamber (I wish him luck, Austin, TX is fantastic!) the Chamber had this to say about hiring a replacement;
The chamber board will use Waverly Associates to begin the search for a new executive. The firm previously has provided executive search services for the Sioux Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, the Sioux Falls Development Foundation and the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce. It also is the firm that brought Ball to Sioux Falls when Evan Nolte retired.
GET OUT! You mean when you are looking for someone qualified you would hire a recruiter?! Maybe pass this little tidbit of information on to Councilor Neitzert and the Audit committee. Oh, wait, several committee members and councilors told him they should use a professional recruiter. But that’s not how Greg rolls, he knows what is best because he does his ‘research’. You know, because it’s much cheaper to pay someone to train on the job instead of hiring someone qualified to begin with.
UPDATE: Sioux Falls City Councilor Stehly holds Whittier Neighborhood business leaders meeting
Theresa said the meeting went well. Besides COS Beck and members from the SFPD, MCC Jeff Barth and City Councilors Starr, Brekke and Neitzert were in attendance. They are trying to work on solutions for the homeless epidemic happening in their hood. I have seen it overflowing into my neighborhood and have seen homeless sleeping within a block of my home (I’m South of 14th and just a couple blocks North of Avera). I told Stehly tonight they need to come up with a permanent solution this summer so we don’t have to deal with this again NEXT summer. Many warned of concentrating that many agencies in once area, and now it is overflowing into the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses.
Joe Batcheller, who heads DTSF, brought several ideas to the meeting, including the potential for hiring off-duty or retired police officers to provide foot patrols, or staffed kiosks that would provide a dedicated police presence in the area.
While I disagree with hiring ‘private security’ (the already paid, full-time officers need to dedicate more time there). But I do agree with the kiosk idea (which is really a precinct, not sure why people have trouble using that word?) I think one somewhere between the Banquet and the Dudley or at either location would be a good idea.
