Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Following my line of questioning, the overall planning process, it seems like a lot of the time and discussions are happening around hamlet meetings. There does not seem to be enough time to really do an adequate justice to planning, especially regarding infrastructure for the community. You are looking at prioritizing items. It seems like you get a letter, you have a meeting, and you say, okay, what do you want? There has to be more emphasis on taking the time to seriously go through the planning process by designating a couple of days and that is all you talk about. You do not talk about hamlet business, you just look at the capital plan and sit down and allocate four days a month to look at it and seriously go through it. It looks like there is a lot of reaction to items that, someone figures it is a great idea one day but then two weeks later there is another more sensitive issue which may override the first decision you made, such as the water treatment problem that we had in Fort McPherson. What do you want to do? Do you want to build a house or do you want to renovate the school because there are damages to the school within a certain period? You have to make that decision. Once you make that decision, it is not steadfast. There is ability to keep reviewing your plan all through the year. You do not just do it once and that is the end of it. Is there a mechanism the department has or is that something your department will look at?
David Krutko on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 1997. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 28th, 1997
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