Good Afternoon MJ:
Some items of interest:
Are you a Minister? Reverend? Pastor? Lay Leader? Choir Director? All of the Above? If you’re any kind of Mt. Juliet church leader I would like to cordially invite you to a “City Update” brief, to be held at 1000, Thursday, 2 July, in City Hall. Ms. Sharon Bachelier, at 754-2552, is the point of contact. Even if you aren’t church leader but just interested in what’s happening in your city, then come on down! Sharon’s email address is: sbachelier@cityofmtjuliet.org
I want to extend my and the staff’s thanks to the Mayor, Vice Mayor and Commissioners of the City of Mt. Juliet for their leadership in developing and passing the FY2010 city budget. While it certainly wasn’t a totally painless process, it did demonstrate the spirit of collegial cooperation and compromise needed to continue our move towards the vision of this city they developed over a year ago. This is a solid, doable budget. Again, thank you.
I hope to see all of you and your family and friends at our 4 July Fireworks extravaganza! It will be at the Providence Market Place with festivities starting on Saturday at 3:00 and the fireworks lighting the sky starting at 9:00. A special thank to Mr. Tom Needham and his staff for the thousands of out-of-the-pocket dollars and the hundreds of hours he and his crew have spent on this year’s event. Tom tells me it is truly a labor of love. He also has promised that there will be more fireworks than ever! Again, many thanks Tom! As a reminder, there is no alcohol or grills allowed at Providence. The MJPD plans to be out in force to ensure we all have a great time. While you are there, up until 6pm we plan to showcase some dogs from the MJ Animal Shelter. If you’re looking for just the right “best friend” we hope you’ll see one at Providence on the 4th. Another special thanks goes to Reverend Jon Gray and all the volunteers of the Animal Shelter are donating their time and energy to make our “adopt-a-thon” a truly extraordinary one.
Next time you are in MJ City Hall, take a look at our new Police Department Dispatch Center. We just opened it up last week with two “Viper 911” emergency systems that provide real time call servicing and location directional finding for inbound emergency calls. This state-of-the-art center was recently accredited by the Wilson County 911 Board; and I am advised it is one of the best in Middle Tennessee. Again, my and the staff’s compliments to the MJ Board of Commissioners for the vision and resources to accomplish this desperately needed upgrade. As a bi-product of this initiative, we’ve also established a central server room in a “hardened” vault inside City Hall, as well as installing an automated generator capable of running emergency operations. These robust capabilities provides the police and other essential city services with the ability to seamlessly operate during a power failure for 2 days without refilling the tank.
The second set of construction workers at the intersection of Division Street and North Mt Juliet Road starting work on our sewer line relocation project. Work on the water lines is progressing well, with activity fast approaching the MJ Library. I make note of this because there are now two sets of construction workers along this portion of the road . . . please use every precaution and adjust your speed while in the area.
Our IT Director, Mr. Travis Taylor, has told me that the city manager blog seems to be picking up steam every day with more first time readers and new subscribers. If you want the blog “pushed” to you each time I post, simply go to the bottom of the page and follow the menu instructions. I hope those of you who do read this feel it is value added and remains true to the original posted precepts . . . this isn’t a place to banter personalities and relook ancient history about Mt. Juliet, or to cast aspersion, insinuation and innuendo on others; there’s other places for that. This is a forum to share information about your city. If you have things you would like me or the staff to look into, please let me know. Again, thank you for your support.
Finally, on a personal note, Darlene and I send our condolences to Mrs. Filiz Gencer and Mr. & Mrs. Doruk Gencer of Ankara, Turkey, and Mrs. Defne Gencer (nee: Robertson) of Washington, D.C. in the passing of Murat. Murat was a absolutely brilliant man and a loving and devoted husband and father. A man of the highest principals and values he leaves an unparalleled legacy of service and contributions to his nation and to humanity. He will be sorely missed but very fondly remembered.
Sonunda, kişisel bir notta, Darlene ve ben bizim baş sağlığımız ve göndeririz ve ( nee: Robertson) Washington , D . C . Murat geçiyor. Murat oldu her kesinlikle parlak adam ve seven ve adanmış bir koca ve baba. Her bir en yüksek müdürler ve o leave değerler adamı hizmet ve onun ulusuna ve insanlığa katkılar mirası. Fena halde o kaçırılacak ama çok sevgiyle hatırlanacak.
Take care MJ and see you on the 4th.
Sincerely,
R. Robertson
1. This won’t be a “blog” per se. It isn’t meant to be a place to post all commentary or opinions. Everyone is invited to send in a note, but don’t be offended if it isn’t posted. There’s other sites that are perfectly content to drag through what they believe to be wrong with every issue at every turn. This is about what was done, why and where do we go from here. We won’t talk about two and three year old issues. If the desire is to engage in those discussions then look somewhere else.
2. This isn’t the Board of Commissioner forum. MJ has a City Manager form of government. The Board makes policy; the staff implements. I’ll be happy to pass your comments along to the Board, either good or bad, but the intent of this medium is to address how we could better enact policy and improve city services.
3. The narratives will be directly from me, your city manager. I won’t hide under some pseudonym or other persona. My name is Randy Robertson. My phone number is 754-2552. I am your City Manager. If your issue or concerns involves another department of the city (Public Works, Police, Animal Control, etc.) I will invite the appropriate team member to provide some comments, but it will still be done under the auspices of the City Manager.
4. I will try and be as timely as possible, but this is another one of the “additional duties” for which civil service is renown.
5. The City Staff is here for you. The desired outcome is for us to have a positive relationship with the citizens we serve, but we all know that always won’t happen. Everyone has an opinion. It is the staff’s responsibility to work through the opinions and emotion, meet the requirements of the laws and rules under which we operate, and hopefully serve the greatest number in that process. It is not an exact science. The more we have a relationship with you, the better we can meet your expectations.
6. Finally, this is about telling our story. Hopefully you will be able to sort the myth from reality or see the issue through a different set of lens. I hope you will find this of value and participate.
2. This isn’t the Board of Commissioner forum. MJ has a City Manager form of government. The Board makes policy; the staff implements. I’ll be happy to pass your comments along to the Board, either good or bad, but the intent of this medium is to address how we could better enact policy and improve city services.
3. The narratives will be directly from me, your city manager. I won’t hide under some pseudonym or other persona. My name is Randy Robertson. My phone number is 754-2552. I am your City Manager. If your issue or concerns involves another department of the city (Public Works, Police, Animal Control, etc.) I will invite the appropriate team member to provide some comments, but it will still be done under the auspices of the City Manager.
4. I will try and be as timely as possible, but this is another one of the “additional duties” for which civil service is renown.
5. The City Staff is here for you. The desired outcome is for us to have a positive relationship with the citizens we serve, but we all know that always won’t happen. Everyone has an opinion. It is the staff’s responsibility to work through the opinions and emotion, meet the requirements of the laws and rules under which we operate, and hopefully serve the greatest number in that process. It is not an exact science. The more we have a relationship with you, the better we can meet your expectations.
6. Finally, this is about telling our story. Hopefully you will be able to sort the myth from reality or see the issue through a different set of lens. I hope you will find this of value and participate.
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