City of Oakdale — Transcript
4 Topics in This Document
Public Works Facility Construction & Financing
Local Option Sales Tax Extension for Facilities
City Administrative Appointments and Delegated Authority
Community Engagement and Commission Updates
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“I appreciate the opportunity that the city of Oakdale provides for residents to get involved with the community... The biggest benefit for me has been the increased visibility to the staff and seeing how the city of Oakdale is run... such a dedicated and talented group that is both personable and professional. It brings me great peace of mind knowing that our city is in very good hands.”
“I was really surprised when I joined the commission that it was as interesting as it was... I can't thank everyone enough for educating me in Civic government I loved it and you found your replacement for the commission.”
“The position became vacant and we weren't quite sure what we were doing as a city we're just starting to grow and we've had so much growth over the last few years... this was a a big identified need for our community to have some additional administrative help.”
“I asked I asked the experts that have been working on this have you ever worked on a project this complex and the answer 100% of the time is no but this is a great model of what can happen when people work together and come together in the private and the public sector from different agencies.”
“it's a lot of money though it's a lot of money for taxpayers a lot of money for the city $31 million so I don't want to understand score that it's really important to note that.”
“the largest capital project this city has ever had um that will serve our residents and our visitors for decades to come so this is incredibly exciting.”
“one CH one decision could end up with five six seven change orders for those individual uh contracts and that's what cross Anderson will manage so we we don't go crazy trying to keep that straight but the number of change orders with construction management projects is greater just because of that.”
“there's been a lot of inflation since that time when we first started working with these numbers in 19 in 2020 so um with that we have went back to the legislature in 23 and asked for further authority to extend the time from 25 years to 30 years for a payback.”
“If the voters do approve this um about 50% of that cost will be borne by other people um shopping essentially and buying things in Oakdale.”