Peter Auger, Auburn Hills City Manager
Thoughts on running a city, daily musings, and everything in between.
City Manager, Auburn Hills, MI
Want to know a secret?
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Well, it is not a secret anymore, but it was two days ago. Confidentiality is an important part of my job. I am privy to so much information. Eventually everyone finds out about the great projects the City is planning or new, exciting events that will be [...]
Posted in City Council, Events, Leadership, Service, Uncategorized
Money
Funding is an issue no matter what organization you run. One difference in the public sector is we use OPM (Other People’s Money). Some people spend OPM a lot easier than they would their own, we try to be more stingy with OPM than we would our own. It is approaching the Federal Tax Day [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Finance, Infrastructure, Leadership, Legislative, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service
Disagree
Why do we argue? Some say it is part of our DNA. We often hear things like “why can’t we get along?” but I often wonder why don’t we know our history? Most people, I would argue, don’t know that on this day in 1781, the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified. You see, the [...]
Posted in City Council, Events, Leadership, Planning
Accountability
It’s that time of year for my annual accountability review. This is where I get to sit down with the City Council to look back over the past year and see if I am living up to their expectations. This can be a very informative process as each elected official can editorialize and tell me [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Events, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
State of the City
Yesterday, even as the City of Auburn Hills turns 30 years old this year, Mayor Jim McDonald highlighted 2012 accomplishments and looked ahead to 2013 in his Annual State of the City Address at The Palace of Auburn Hills. I really enjoyed how the Mayor framed our place in the world when he stated “Our [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Communication, Events, Finance, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning, Programs, Projects, Service, Training
Busy and Productive Week
It’s only Wednesday, half way through the week, and oh what a great week to be in the great State of Michigan. How about them Tigers? Don’t want to jinx them, but I do like the chances to win one of the next four. The Lions found a way to win and the Red Wings [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Leadership, Programs, Projects, Service
Talked about Chicks and other stuff
Last night at our city council meeting it dawned on me how unique we are. A hot topic on the agenda was how to regulate chicks within the city. Okay…. it was really about our chicken ordinance to allow folks to have up to six chickens (no rosters) as long as they pull a permit [...]
Posted in City Council, Finance, Leadership, Ordinances, Planning
Oh what a night
Hey that could be a song, but I digress. Last night was more good news for the Auburn Hills economic engine. Three projects were approve last night which will; save about 100 jobs, anticipate approximately 230 new jobs coming to the city, and require construction of a new 47,000 square foot facility. With all three [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Events, Leadership, Planning, Service
Great Lunch
What a way to get back into the work mode, catching up on emails, real mail and other communication after recharging my batteries last week with family. It was a great week to be away and on the water with family with 100 degree heat, and thankful a father-in-law has a nice cabin that we [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Events, Service
Where has the week gone?
Geeez, it’s already Thursday, tomorrow is our annual Summerfest with BBQ contest, car show, music, food games etc… The official start of summer and I think it is going to be a busy one in Auburn Hills. We had a great Business Assistance Team (BAT) meeting this week as our Community Development Department briefed team [...]
Posted in Business, City Council, Events, Local Events, Programs, Service
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