The Week of April 30, 2012

MEETINGS SCHEDULED WEEK OF:

April 30-May, 4, 2012

Date & Committee/Board                           Time                                      Location

Monday – April 30

OPEN                                                                                                   

Tuesday – May 1

Fire Committee                                                5:00 P.M.                             County Office Bldg.

Joint Meeting: 

Law Enforcement/Workhouse Bd.                5:30 P.M.                             Sheriff’s Conference Rm.

Wednesday – May 2

OPEN

Thursday – May 3

Budget Committee                                         5:00 P.M.                             County Office Bldg.

Planning Commission                                    7:00 P.M.                             County Office Bldg.                        

Friday – May 4

OPEN

The Week of April 9, 2012

MEETINGS SCHEDULED WEEK OF
April 9, 2012- April 13, 2012

Date & Committee/Board             Time                    Location

Monday- April 9_

Personnel Committee                                                   5:00 P.M.                             RCOB- 3^rd Floor

School Board                                                                      7:00 P.M.                             Central Office                

Tuesday- April 10

Joint Meeting:

Law Enforcement/Workhouse Board                      5:00 P.M.                             Sheriff’s Office

Solid Waste                                                                  6:00 P.M.                            

Wednesday – April 11

Airport Board                                                                8:00 A.M.                             Airport                 

Thursday- April 12

OPEN                                                                                                                                   

Friday-March 13

OPEN              

RC: March Employment Numbers

Each month, WorkForce Essentials provides the Robertson County Commission with their “Spotlight on the Counties.”

This is a simple e-newsletter, but it provides us with valuable information regarding the state of our employment.

Here are the March statistics for Robertson County:

Labor Force                                                         34,390

Employed                                                            31,840

Unemployed                                                        2,540

Unemployment Rate                                           7.4%

Last Month’s Unemployment Rate                  7.5%

Unemployment Rate Change                           -.01%

State Unemployment Rate                                8.0%

U.S. Unemployment Rate                            8.3%

'My' Minutes: Comprehensive Growth Plan Meeting (2012.3.27)

I had previously written about the Comprehensive Growth Plan Meeting we anticipated to have on March 27, 2012.

It was well attended, and I appreciate the mayors of Coopertown, Adams and Cross Plains for taking time to attend this important meeting – recall that the purpose of this meeting was to finalize the “Request for Qualifications/Proposals” to submit this document for bid to various firms.

It is our goal to have this submitted by April 12, 2012 – I will certainly keep you posted here.

Here is the heading from the “Request for Qualifications/Proposals” that I referenced in a previous paragraph. I do have this document in electronic form – if you would like a copy, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Robertson County Director of Schools: Individual Interview Schedule

I appreciate Robertson County Education Initiative (REdI) Director, Kathy Johnson Gunn, keeping the Community update with information related to the Director of Schools search. The information below comes from her notification as to the interview schedule – I wanted to pass it along here.

The schedule for the five school director candidates’ visits to the Robertson County Chamber and interview with the Board of Education has been set as follows:

Inpatient Evaluations: Why These Matter to Robertson County

During the General Assembly’s Session, the Tennessee County Services Association (TCSA) keeps members up to date on the bills meandering through the halls of Legislative Plaza in their “REPORT.” In a recent TCSA REPORT, the following item was discussed.  

2012-13 Operating Budget Schedule

Below, please find the 2012-13 Operating Budget Schedule that Commissioners recently received from the Finance Director's Office:

The Week of April 2, 2012

MEETINGS SCHEDULED WEEK OF:

April 2^nd – April 6th

Date & Committee/Board                              Time                                      Location

Monday – April 2nd

Finance Committee                                           4:00 P.M.                             RCOB

Building & Grounds                                                                                                                                                  

Tuesday – April 3rd

OPEN

Wednesday – April 4th

OPEN

Thursday – April 5th

Joint Economic / Community Dev.              7:00 P.M.                             Springfield City Hall

Nominating Committee                                 5:00 P.M.                             RCOB

Fire Committee                                                5:30 P.M.                             RCOB

Planning Commission                                     7:00 P.M.                             RCOB

Friday – April 6th

OPEN

RC: Comprehensive Growth Plan

Here is an article discussing the issues facing local governments (think: Robertson County) related to planning & zoning. The Tennessee General Assembly is currently considering various bills that could have an adverse impact on local control of planning and zoning.

I wanted to highlight this portion of the article that discusses the Comprehensive Growth Plan -

The commission has also approved the development of a comprehensive growth plan for Robertson County, a process that is in its very early stages at this time. The impetus for creating this plan came from a series of workshops held in 2007 with Robertson County citizens who shared their concerns and opinions about the future growth and development of our community. The majority of people that attended these workshops expressed the same general feeling about what they want for our county—to maintain the agricultural landscape and encourage future growth around existing town centers and infrastructure.

We will be meeting with municipality leaders on this very Tuesday.

Dr. Weeks in Dickson

I found this story particularly interesting.

It appears that Dr. Danny Weeks entered as a candidate for Dickson County Director of Schools some time ago.

Here is coverage on the story from The Dickson Herald.