FRIDAY APRIL 3, 2009
1:49 PM
I think that we have solved the garbage truck problem. I have just signed the loan for a new garbage truck. Tri State called this morning with a proposal that I could not turn down. They have been working on our truck every day for the last two weeks and could not get it properly repaired. They agreed to pay off our present truck and deliver our new truck early. The new lease will be for 30 months rather than 24. They added full coverage for the new truck for 30 months rather than 24. The bottom line is that the city will save about $22,000.00 by accepting this offer. Seemed like a no brainier to me.
I hope that the new truck is trouble free.
I appeared on Yawn Patrol this morning as a chamber of commerce board member. I was there representing the chamber and welcoming a new chamber member. The new member is Delta Environmental. Glen Eaton appeared with me. The program went well and Glen was able to explain the business of his company.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
THURSDAY APRIL 2, 2009
2:25 PM
I made a quick trip to West Memphis yesterday after work. The body shop had completed the work on Amy's car and she needed some money to pay her part of the bill.
She called me this morning and told me that her car looked brand new. She said that there was no evidence of the damage.
She mowed her lawn yesterday. She said the the new lawn mower was awesome. I am glad she had a new dependable mower.
They worked on the commercial garbage truck again today and will be back tomorrow to work on it again. They got it going today, but they will come back tomorrow and install two new parts. I will be glad when they finally get the truck repaired. It has been difficult for he sanitation department to deal with.
Sherman Banks was here this morning to interview me for City & Town. That is the magazine of the Arkansas Municipal League. The main reason for the interview was to write about my going on KWYN after each council meeting and discussing the council meeting. He will also write about me being a blogger. He seamed impressed that I do the radio show each month and that I also write about the city on my blog.
He made a few pictures and I will make some of me at the radio station in the morning. I am going to be on the radio to discuss chamber of commerce business and the host will be there who work when I talk about the city. We will stage some pictures for the magazine article.
2:25 PM
I made a quick trip to West Memphis yesterday after work. The body shop had completed the work on Amy's car and she needed some money to pay her part of the bill.
She called me this morning and told me that her car looked brand new. She said that there was no evidence of the damage.
She mowed her lawn yesterday. She said the the new lawn mower was awesome. I am glad she had a new dependable mower.
They worked on the commercial garbage truck again today and will be back tomorrow to work on it again. They got it going today, but they will come back tomorrow and install two new parts. I will be glad when they finally get the truck repaired. It has been difficult for he sanitation department to deal with.
Sherman Banks was here this morning to interview me for City & Town. That is the magazine of the Arkansas Municipal League. The main reason for the interview was to write about my going on KWYN after each council meeting and discussing the council meeting. He will also write about me being a blogger. He seamed impressed that I do the radio show each month and that I also write about the city on my blog.
He made a few pictures and I will make some of me at the radio station in the morning. I am going to be on the radio to discuss chamber of commerce business and the host will be there who work when I talk about the city. We will stage some pictures for the magazine article.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
WEDNESDAY APRIL 1, 2009
1:15 PM
I am feeling much better today. I am not back 100% but each day gets better.
The garbage truck had to be worked on again yesterday. They think that they may finally have it repaired. I hope so. On Monday I asked the salesman to give me the cost to go ahead and take delivery of our new truck. He promised on Monday to get me the cost. It is now Wednesday and I do not have a cost.
The CCEDC board met yesterday afternoon. The meeting was called to get input and have discussion about the funding for economic development. There were no decisions made, but the consensus seems to be hold another election county wide. Passing the tax will be a hard sale but if the county is to move forward, we must have funding.
1:15 PM
I am feeling much better today. I am not back 100% but each day gets better.
The garbage truck had to be worked on again yesterday. They think that they may finally have it repaired. I hope so. On Monday I asked the salesman to give me the cost to go ahead and take delivery of our new truck. He promised on Monday to get me the cost. It is now Wednesday and I do not have a cost.
The CCEDC board met yesterday afternoon. The meeting was called to get input and have discussion about the funding for economic development. There were no decisions made, but the consensus seems to be hold another election county wide. Passing the tax will be a hard sale but if the county is to move forward, we must have funding.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
TUESDAY MARCH 31, 2009
10:52 AM
I have spent most of the last three days in the bed. I have been running a fever and felt really bad. I have been taking some medicine and today I feel much better.
The situation with the garbage trucks has not improved. Friday the commercial truck had to be towed to the shop. Yesterday after making the route, the mechanic had to come from Jonesboro to work on it again. The mechanic told me that he would keep coming to Wynne until they get it working correct.
I also talked with the salesman and he said that he was ready to deliver the new truck early. I told him to get me the numbers and I would make a decision. I have not heard from him. It the terms a OK I will probably take delivery of the new truck.
I talked with a representative from the Arkansas Municipal League this morning. They plan to write a story about me for an upcoming issue of the magazine. They plan to highlight my appearance on the local radio station after each city council meeting. They also plan to discuss my blog. They will be in Wynne on Thursday to complete the interview. They will also go to the local radio station and make some pictures for the article.
Theda told me this morning the the Jessie Wynne Park project was complete and we had received the final bill. I hope the the community enjoys and uses this park. I think that it really looks good.
10:52 AM
I have spent most of the last three days in the bed. I have been running a fever and felt really bad. I have been taking some medicine and today I feel much better.
The situation with the garbage trucks has not improved. Friday the commercial truck had to be towed to the shop. Yesterday after making the route, the mechanic had to come from Jonesboro to work on it again. The mechanic told me that he would keep coming to Wynne until they get it working correct.
I also talked with the salesman and he said that he was ready to deliver the new truck early. I told him to get me the numbers and I would make a decision. I have not heard from him. It the terms a OK I will probably take delivery of the new truck.
I talked with a representative from the Arkansas Municipal League this morning. They plan to write a story about me for an upcoming issue of the magazine. They plan to highlight my appearance on the local radio station after each city council meeting. They also plan to discuss my blog. They will be in Wynne on Thursday to complete the interview. They will also go to the local radio station and make some pictures for the article.
Theda told me this morning the the Jessie Wynne Park project was complete and we had received the final bill. I hope the the community enjoys and uses this park. I think that it really looks good.
Friday, March 27, 2009
FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2009
1:13 PM
I have not felt very good today. I have been running a fever and generally feel bad.
Yesterday morning I went to the EAPDD in Jonesboro for a board meeting. These meetings are usually short, but yesterday it took about two hours. The main reason for the board meeting was to go over the budget for next year and adopt the budget. We accomplished those task. We also had a funeral service at Cogbill yesterday afternoon. I had planned to meet the funeral director and pick up the check for the opening and closing and other cost associated with the burial. I was unable to return to Wynne in time to meet the funeral director, so I called Lynn and asked him to pick up the check. When he arrived and met the funeral director there was no check. He told me that he was not going to allow them to complete the burial without the money. The funeral director was from a funeral home in Memphis. He called Theda and she told him to allow them to complete the service and she would call the funeral home and have them mail the check. There had been some miscommunication with the funeral home staff related to the check.
When I returned to Wynne I went by the public works building to check on the garbage truck. To my surprise both garbage trucks were at the shop to be repaired. Tri State had sent a mechanic to Wynne to complete the work. They were successful and got both trucks running late yesterday afternoon. I have not checked with Jerry today, but I assume that they are running OK today. I sure hope so.
I attended a meeting of the CCEDC board yesterday afternoon. Most of the board was there and there was a large group of interested citizens and other elected officials at the meeting. The meeting was called to get input about how to proceed with funding for economic development. There was a very good discussion and in the end, about two hours later, the consensus seemed to be to have another election and go county wide again. There had been some discussion about only asking the City of Wynne to hold an election. The people who were present agreed that it would be a difficult task, but most agreed that economic development must be funded and the best way is to try to unite the county and have another election county wide. I think that if the election was held only in the city that it would split the county and be bad for both the city and county.
1:13 PM
I have not felt very good today. I have been running a fever and generally feel bad.
Yesterday morning I went to the EAPDD in Jonesboro for a board meeting. These meetings are usually short, but yesterday it took about two hours. The main reason for the board meeting was to go over the budget for next year and adopt the budget. We accomplished those task. We also had a funeral service at Cogbill yesterday afternoon. I had planned to meet the funeral director and pick up the check for the opening and closing and other cost associated with the burial. I was unable to return to Wynne in time to meet the funeral director, so I called Lynn and asked him to pick up the check. When he arrived and met the funeral director there was no check. He told me that he was not going to allow them to complete the burial without the money. The funeral director was from a funeral home in Memphis. He called Theda and she told him to allow them to complete the service and she would call the funeral home and have them mail the check. There had been some miscommunication with the funeral home staff related to the check.
When I returned to Wynne I went by the public works building to check on the garbage truck. To my surprise both garbage trucks were at the shop to be repaired. Tri State had sent a mechanic to Wynne to complete the work. They were successful and got both trucks running late yesterday afternoon. I have not checked with Jerry today, but I assume that they are running OK today. I sure hope so.
I attended a meeting of the CCEDC board yesterday afternoon. Most of the board was there and there was a large group of interested citizens and other elected officials at the meeting. The meeting was called to get input about how to proceed with funding for economic development. There was a very good discussion and in the end, about two hours later, the consensus seemed to be to have another election and go county wide again. There had been some discussion about only asking the City of Wynne to hold an election. The people who were present agreed that it would be a difficult task, but most agreed that economic development must be funded and the best way is to try to unite the county and have another election county wide. I think that if the election was held only in the city that it would split the county and be bad for both the city and county.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, 2009
12:55 PM
Jerry has just called and told me that he was on his way to Jonesboro to pickup the commercial garbage truck. I hope that the truck is repaired. It has been a very busy three days for the sanitation department. They have been trying to pick up the commercial trash. They have a a system worked out to pick up the trash, but it is very very slow and takes a lot more time. Time will tell.
I have a meeting tomorrow about the future of economic development for Cross County. The meeting has been called and a number of citizens invited to discuss the next step. A number of options have been discussed, but no decision has been made about how to proceed and if they do ask for another vote when the election would be held and where to have the election. I mean by that whether city only or county wide again. A decision also has to be made about when to proceed with another election if that is the decision. The meeting tomorrow should be very interesting.
12:55 PM
Jerry has just called and told me that he was on his way to Jonesboro to pickup the commercial garbage truck. I hope that the truck is repaired. It has been a very busy three days for the sanitation department. They have been trying to pick up the commercial trash. They have a a system worked out to pick up the trash, but it is very very slow and takes a lot more time. Time will tell.
I have a meeting tomorrow about the future of economic development for Cross County. The meeting has been called and a number of citizens invited to discuss the next step. A number of options have been discussed, but no decision has been made about how to proceed and if they do ask for another vote when the election would be held and where to have the election. I mean by that whether city only or county wide again. A decision also has to be made about when to proceed with another election if that is the decision. The meeting tomorrow should be very interesting.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
TUESDAY MARCH 24, 2009
12:05 PM
I have not written in several days and I have had several request to update my blog.
I have just returned from a meeting in Forrest City. We had an interesting meeting, discussing among other things stimulus money. The group is hopeful that eastern Arkansas will get some of the money. I certainly hope so. The City of Wynne has submitted one proposal for some of this money. It is a drainage project that has been worked on for about 10 to 15 years. There may be some light at the end of the tunnel.
I spent yesterday in Jonesboro at the Tri State Mack truck dealership. They have been working on one of our garbage truck since Friday. When Jerry and I left the dealership yesterday about 4:30 pm they were still not much closer to solving the problem. The dealership promised us that they would either have our truck fixed by noon today or they would secure a replacement truck for us.
While we were in Jonesboro Jerry received a call about a power outage in Wynne that affected several of our traffic lights. The power was off about four hours. When service was restored one of the lights would not work. Jerry called our contractor that does traffic signal work for the city. He came last night and the light was working this morning when I came to work.
I am waiting on a couple to come to my office to be married. The bride called this morning and asked me to perform the ceremony. I told her that I had to attend a meeting in Forrest City, but I would be in my office during the lunch hour. She said they would be here. They have not shown up yet. They may have decided that they could not wait and have gotten someone else. I gave her my cell phone number and asked her to call when they got to Wynne. I have not heard from her as of now.
I bought Amy a new lawnmower last week. The one she had needed to be replace, so Dad came through and took care of the purchase. I took it to her last Friday during my extended lunch hour. I got to visit with her for a few minutes. She was off for a three day break last weekend, but she was going in to meet with a family to make arrangements. They called about the time I arrived at her home and she had to leave to take care of the family. She called me about three o'clock to inform me that she had been involved in a wreck. It was her fault. She was not hurt but did damage her car. When she left the funeral home, she was stopping at the drugstore to get a refill for one of her drugs filled and ran into the back of a car in front of her. She was disappointed that she had gone in on her day off and it did not turn out very well for her.
I attended a meeting last week about how the stimulus money will be spent by the state of Arkansas. It does not look like the city will be able to see any direct benefit from this money. I hope that I am wrong, but listening to the presentation, I am not optimistic. I should be more optimistic, but I do not feel very positive about our chances after hearing the presentation.
During the time I have not written, Pat had her other eye surgery. After a few bumps, everything is going well.
The city council also met during this time. They spent a good deal of time discussing class three trash. In the final action taken they decided to begin the service for all citizens and to increase the sanitation fee from $15.00 per month to $18.00 per month. They will officially take that action with a passage of an ordinance during the April meeting. During the discussion they agreed that if the increase does not cover the cost they are prepared to increase them enough to cover the cost. When I completed my study last year the cost to continue the service would have been a five dollar per month increase. We have not completed a study since last June.
I have started the mowing of the cemetery. This is a little earlier than last year but the grass needs to be cut.
The sales tax election for economic development failed at the polls on the 14th. The group is working now about a plan to continue the local funding of this effort.
12:05 PM
I have not written in several days and I have had several request to update my blog.
I have just returned from a meeting in Forrest City. We had an interesting meeting, discussing among other things stimulus money. The group is hopeful that eastern Arkansas will get some of the money. I certainly hope so. The City of Wynne has submitted one proposal for some of this money. It is a drainage project that has been worked on for about 10 to 15 years. There may be some light at the end of the tunnel.
I spent yesterday in Jonesboro at the Tri State Mack truck dealership. They have been working on one of our garbage truck since Friday. When Jerry and I left the dealership yesterday about 4:30 pm they were still not much closer to solving the problem. The dealership promised us that they would either have our truck fixed by noon today or they would secure a replacement truck for us.
While we were in Jonesboro Jerry received a call about a power outage in Wynne that affected several of our traffic lights. The power was off about four hours. When service was restored one of the lights would not work. Jerry called our contractor that does traffic signal work for the city. He came last night and the light was working this morning when I came to work.
I am waiting on a couple to come to my office to be married. The bride called this morning and asked me to perform the ceremony. I told her that I had to attend a meeting in Forrest City, but I would be in my office during the lunch hour. She said they would be here. They have not shown up yet. They may have decided that they could not wait and have gotten someone else. I gave her my cell phone number and asked her to call when they got to Wynne. I have not heard from her as of now.
I bought Amy a new lawnmower last week. The one she had needed to be replace, so Dad came through and took care of the purchase. I took it to her last Friday during my extended lunch hour. I got to visit with her for a few minutes. She was off for a three day break last weekend, but she was going in to meet with a family to make arrangements. They called about the time I arrived at her home and she had to leave to take care of the family. She called me about three o'clock to inform me that she had been involved in a wreck. It was her fault. She was not hurt but did damage her car. When she left the funeral home, she was stopping at the drugstore to get a refill for one of her drugs filled and ran into the back of a car in front of her. She was disappointed that she had gone in on her day off and it did not turn out very well for her.
I attended a meeting last week about how the stimulus money will be spent by the state of Arkansas. It does not look like the city will be able to see any direct benefit from this money. I hope that I am wrong, but listening to the presentation, I am not optimistic. I should be more optimistic, but I do not feel very positive about our chances after hearing the presentation.
During the time I have not written, Pat had her other eye surgery. After a few bumps, everything is going well.
The city council also met during this time. They spent a good deal of time discussing class three trash. In the final action taken they decided to begin the service for all citizens and to increase the sanitation fee from $15.00 per month to $18.00 per month. They will officially take that action with a passage of an ordinance during the April meeting. During the discussion they agreed that if the increase does not cover the cost they are prepared to increase them enough to cover the cost. When I completed my study last year the cost to continue the service would have been a five dollar per month increase. We have not completed a study since last June.
I have started the mowing of the cemetery. This is a little earlier than last year but the grass needs to be cut.
The sales tax election for economic development failed at the polls on the 14th. The group is working now about a plan to continue the local funding of this effort.
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