Peter Auger, Auburn Hills City Manager
Thoughts on running a city, daily musings, and everything in between.
City Manager, Auburn Hills, MI
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Something I learned a long time ago, don’t remember where though…Could have been while in the army or even from my dad. Growing up as a carpenter’s son, I learned a lot of what I think are common sense things that still pay off today. Also learned a lot of colorful comments that won’t be [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning, Projects, Service
Friday’s Quiz
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Forget the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. Take a short but interesting quiz about Auburn Hills, Michigan. Is Auburn Hills known for having a pro-business environment? (Too easy, I know.) What are the key components to the area’s economic health according to Auburn Hills City [...]
Posted in Business, Events, Infrastructure, Leadership, Local Events, Planning, Programs, Projects
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
Growth
Welcome New North American Headquarters to the City of Auburn Hills Our team is pleased to announce Faurecia, the world’s sixth largest automotive supplier with business groups in automotive seating, emissions control technologies, interior systems and automotive exteriors will now make its North American Headquarters in Auburn Hills. A longstanding corporate citizen of Michigan, Faurecia [...]
Posted in Business, Events, Infrastructure, Leadership, Local Events, Planning, Service
Auburn Hills is growing
By Karrie Marsh, Executive Assistant and Guest Blogger Auburn Hills is growing. There is an old saying , “If you’re not growing, you’re dying.” That pertains to everything from personal relationships to communities to organizations … and the list goes on. The City of Auburn Hills is definitely growing. Our events such as Summerfest, [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Local Events, 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
New Stadium
What a way to end the year! The political hail storm sure churned up issues to talk about. Personal Property Tax (PPT), Right To Work (RTW), and the next hurdle being passed by the legislature to allow a Downtown Development Authority (DDA) in Detroit to capture some future taxes to back Bonds (a loan) for [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Legislative, Planning, Programs
Can You guess?
A couple brain teasers today. Can you tell me what Michigan City has: Has a AA Bond Rating Beats SEMCOGS regional benchmarks for Debt and General Fund Balance out to 2017 Beats SEMCOGS benchmarks for quality in Roads and Bridges Has residents average commute time shorter than the rest of our nation Has more residents [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning, Service
Global Trade
Had an interesting meeting this morning with one of the talented folks from Oakland County that works with our folks on Economic Development. While their scope is from a different level, focusing on 60 communities instead of us focusing mostly on our own, we are on the same page as far as keeping our economy [...]
Posted in Business, Finance, Infrastructure, Leadership, Programs, Projects
Balance
Life is sometimes like a balancing act. Whether it is family time versus time at work; could be leisure time versus time to be productive, time doing versus time learning. This is why we stress it is important that we still make things. Adam Smith wrote in A Wealth of Nations; “A man grows rich [...]
Posted in Business, Infrastructure, Leadership, Planning
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