“Our Place’ for Ward 2 – Videos, with Public Coments
March 10th, 2014 by Joe Burgess
The City of Monticello held their first of four “Our Place” town hall meetings, Thursday night, hosted by assistant to the Mayor for planning, Zach Tucker.
A total of 9 folks attended the meeting, 4 from the TEA party, Tucker, a county employee from Ward 2, and 2 city hall staff, who were signing in attendees (both live in Ward 2), MLive.
The 40 minute presentation dealt with planning and vision concepts.
The discussion, which lasted over an hour, was unexpectedly open to all. The TEA party members and MLive, as well as others made the most of the opportunity to discuss the “SWOT” (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) to our area.
The next town hall will be Monday at the Sadie Johnson Center at 6 pm. It is advertised for Ward 3, but everyone is welcome to attend.
These meetings are so the citizens of Monticello and Drew County can learn about the future plans for our city. They are worth the time it takes to attend. We have a great place to live and raise our children here in Monticello, but we have a population that seems only interested in complaining about what is wrong here. We need to know what the people running the city have in store for us and what they plan to do in the future. Get off your couch and go to one of the meetings. You may be sorry if you do not because there are changes coming, and now is the time for your input.
Well put, taxpayermom.