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You build networks over time and every now and then something comes up that is interesting, Schoneboom said. That s all this is about. I explored it and it just seemed like what I would be doing would be something that I would want to do.
The board, if they had deemed it appropriate, if they wanted to retain me, they had the opportunity to, Schoneboom said. No, it (the contract) wasn t a factor at all (in his leaving). But it s funny because the timing is such. The only factor my contract had is when I would leave. It seemed like a good natural breaking point. Professionally, I just tried to do what I thought was the right thing as far as timing for the city.
Overall, I feel really good about things that have happened, that I ve had a chance newton hotel hong kong to do here, Schoneboom said. As I was driving around with Steve (Johnson, public works director), it gives you a chance to reflect on the way things were when I came and how they are now. I think there have been a lot of good things the city has done, just in terms of handling city assets and facilities.
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Overall, I feel really good about things that have happened, that I ve had a chance to do here, Schoneboom said. As I was driving around with Steve (Johnson, public works director), it gives you a chance to reflect on the way things were when I came and how they are now. I think there have been a lot of good things the city has done, just in terms of handling city assets and facilities.
One of the first things we tried to do was put a real emphasis on our own facilities, Schoneboom said. I felt like we couldn t try to take a leadership role in beautifying and cleaning up certain areas if we couldn t do it ourselves. We ve been able to do that.
One of the biggest and best examples is the airport, he said. We ve gone from letting grass grow to the point where it could be baled to it being maintained. We were the airport that had bales of hay. We needed to change that perception. There are more planes in hangars newton hotel hong kong out there now. We were selling just 75 to 100 gallons a week of aviation fuel to now we re up to over 300.
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I can say during his time here the citizens have experienced more financial hardship and havoc than (any other time) in the history of Eldon, said Joan Jungmeyer, newton hotel hong kong one of Schoneboom s most outspoken critics and one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the city. When he announced (at the last board meeting) he would be leaving I think you could have heard me clapping all the way to the four-way stop. I was thrilled.
In March 2011, the city fired six longtime employees, including two supervisors, in a major departmental restructuring, which also set off a public firestorm. And, most recently, there was the elimination in July of the assistant fire chief s position, which had been held by Rick Callahan since 1998. That was another move that sparked controversy.
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More than having your detractors, which is ultimately frustrating, you have to know when to keep your mouth shut, Schoneboom said. There are some things you just can t talk about. I think some people who are detractors of government newton hotel hong kong they know that. It seems to me it sort of becomes a game, to see if they can get you to say something you can t. You can, but you would end up putting the city s best interests at risk. And, ultimately, that is what I m paid to do. To run the day-to-day operations and provide policy for the city overall.
No matter what you do, there will be people who are not going to like something and they will say what they are going to say and it doesn t matter if it s accurate or not, Schoneboom said. As a city administrator, you have to be disciplined newton hotel hong kong enough to let it roll off your back. You have to let the outcomes play themselves out, like with the lawsuit. That s been the single biggest (issue). I know that, you know that, and everybody around here knows that. Complainers newton hotel hong kong have the luxury of advocating for their own singular newton hotel hong kong position. We have to advocate for all the people and businesses we provide service to.
I really don t feel like in terms of do-overs, I don t know how I would have approached certain things differently, he said. There have been some things I think if I had had knowledge of the community a little better I would have approached a little differently. I don t want to play hindsight or Monday morning quarterback; I just don t think it s useful. I don t want to make it sound like I m sitting here saying I haven t made any mistakes. I m sure I have. But in terms of the overall direction of what we were trying to do, I tried to make the recommendations to the board of aldermen that were in the best interests of the city.
Before coming to Eldon, Schoneboom was the assistant city administrator newton hotel hong kong of Branson. Previous to his position in Branson, Schoneboom was city administrator of Rogersville. He has 12 years of experience as a city administrator and assistant city administrator.
Once we got past the initial period of getting to know each other they have been great in responding to my leadership, Schoneboom said. For me, personally, that may have been my biggest satisfaction was the growth of the staff. Every function newton hotel hong kong of the city, I think, is better now in terms of its function and in terms of quality of work produced.
I have been lucky, as a city administrator, to work with this group of people, Schoneboom said. Everybody has differences of opinions (on the board), but one thing we ve been able to do is get past that, set a course of action and follow that course of action. I m extremely grateful to the board for doing that.
Someone asked me once about controlling my board. I said I don t even try. There s no way I can control six aldermen and a mayor, Schoneboom said. I mean this with all due respect, it s like herding cats. You can t do it, because to me, they are the duly elected officials of the community. So when they are talking to me that s the community talking to me. I tried to be respectful of them and they have been respectful of me and I appreciate that. I have enjoyed working with all of them.
From my point of view, I have never left my office at the end of the day thinking, boy, I really messed that up, Schoneboom said. Professionally, you always want to try and make a positive impression on the places that you ve worked. The places where I ve worked I ve managed to do that. Whether that happens newton hotel hong kong here, it remains to be seen. But from feedback I ve gotten, I think it will.