Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Where Have I Been? 07/30/2008

Wow, where to start the summer has been flying by and its been some time since I made a post to my blog. I wont try and detail the entire void time, but I will try and highlight some areas that have moved forward regarding the City of Guthrie. The council approved the movement forward on the highly needed water treatment plant with a rate increase and the added $7.50 fee per month or $90.00 per year or a.246 cent per day fee specifically for the water treatment plant. I think overall the community understands the need for the plant and the ability to continue to serve quality water and the sustainability for the future growth of our community. This has been a collectively difficult decision to make anytime dealing with citizens pocket books and one that was not taken lightly by me or the City as well. As we know sometimes progress and change can hurt a bit but in the end I know the city will be in a better position to serve its citizens and the future growth of the community. On another note the establishment of the First Capitol Neighborhood Solutions has been formed. This group will be made of citizens from each ward to help establish neighborhood groups within the City. I have been a huge proponent for this type action and look forward to the many ideas to come from this group. I know in my neighborhood, we have established an area and we are looking at holding our second block party coming in late September or Early October and should be great fun again. I would like to take a moment to thank Dr. John Wood regarding the implementation of the neighborhood group organization without his help, I am not sure it would have taken off so well. Moving forward I have a few things on my plate to help get started in the community one is the implementation of a curb side recycling program for the community. There would be a fee associated with this type service so I am curious what the local population thinks of this type service? I would welcome anyone reading this blog within the community to write me back if they would be for such a service in order for me to move forward. I would think the fee would range in the $3.00 to $4.00 per month for curb side service but I don't have an exact cost just a guess but a place to start. On a personal note I have been so busy this summer dealing with the day to day activities of work and summer. This is quite a busy time of the year for the Ayers family with the wedding business in full force. It seems blog writing gets shuffled to the bottom of the pile. I will make a conscientious effort to post more often. As usual I welcome family, friends, and my community to shoot me a response for our City. I am always pleased to get input from the local citizens the dialogue is a great way to make things happen. Thanks again for the opportunity to serve you.

Trey