During Tuesday’s poorly attended BOC meeting in Powers, interim commissioner Fred Messerle told the audience he is waiting for a consulting proposal to essentially repeat the work claimed by structure advisory committee. Jim Johnson, a former administrator for both Lane County and Eugene is now Deputy Director for Operations School of Government – Urban & Public Affairs at Portland State University, will submit a proposal to “review of county functions”.
1) Long term strategic planning
2) Budget and accounting functions
3) Treasurers office assumed duties
4) IT
5) Comparison of other counties
Johnson will submit a scope of work to include eighty hours over the next six months to make recommendations. Messerle and interim commissioner Cam Parry allocated $75,000 last year for consulting fees and while it is unclear if the “eighty hours” mentioned during the meeting will be paid for out of these funds or from some sort of AOC (Association of Oregon Counties) grant.
Having a professional report to compare to the unsupported opinion piece produced by the flim-flam sales and marketing members of the structure advisory committee would be worth seeing but does this mean Messerle who heretofore ignored a dissenting report now questions the credibility of the committee recommendations? Admittedly, the only long term strategic plan proposed by the committee was to hire an administrator but haven’t we just been through all this?
Good Heavens, Freddie is at it again with little Cammy helping him! . You can’t say he doesn’t work hard to try to prove his postion.Must it be on our public tab when the County is running short of funds anyway?. I was present when the $75,000 was approved by barely appointed Freddie! Here, they supposedly had this structure committee together as well as the governance and it cost no $. Was this proposal approved by ALL the Commissioners? I thought Cam wanted the public to vote. Man, the powers that be will stop at nothing to get freddie an administrator. I guess he’s just so incompetent that he thinks there is no other way. If elected, even if the ordiance is approved he will get the same amount of $ he gets (without being elected) today until 2015. Do you folks realize that if the ordiance passes the Commission can still raise the renumeration to any amount they like the next day? Do you folks realize if AARP gets the County Home Rule Charater passed that it will take 2/3rds vote of the Commissioners and sometimes of the electorate to get ANYTHING of substance changed? The first is a sham, the last is built in gridlock so the County gets NOTHING done! The first you’ll get 5 Commissioners who can change their own salary while acquiring an administrator that will cost at least $300,000.00/year the later will give you 5 much higher paid commissioners and an elected personnel offficer who will not have to follow the directions of the board or will require 2/3rds of us to change s/he’s decisions too. What a mess! Have fun making a choice. My choice is no to both!
Messerlie can’t do it, so he’ll pay someone to do it.
Ricky?
Easy as pie.
Follow the money.
He who pays, plays.
Messerlie knows that full well.
Just another chapter in The Fleecing of a Population.
Most populations don’t sit for forty years and let the same assholes destroy their home place. I’ve never seen a populace so beat down they won’t raise their heads to even look to see who’s kicking them.
Fred will have his way with you all.
Thank you so very much to those of you who are speaking out to these snake oil salesmen.
Will the Super Pac pay for the pleasure or will We The People pay for it?
I think Messerle is just flailing in the dark. This consultant idea was just something that came up and he thought it would sound good on camera… he is so obviously not qualified for this job. It is no wonder his family business is mortgaging properties and that he doesn’t have any money of his own to invest in his own campaign
since they could not explain how this idea would save money they thought they would hire someone to try ro explain. Agin they look to and former aministrator to explain this how inparcial will this guy be since he is going to get payed to do this
Leadership is not a Messerle strong point