HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 04-26 Greavu: Council should do planning ST. PAUL DISPATCH Tues.,April 26,'77 St.Paul Dispatch (E)7
Greavu: Council
should do planning
A city planner's recent depar- Councilman Donald Wiegert in-
ture has cleared the way for the dicated that hiring a consultant
city council to do some of his jobs. and scrapping the present plan-
That is the view of Maplewood ning staff might result"in having
somebody (a consultant) out full
time."
__4 Maplewood Colleague Norman Anderson
said he wouldn't favor"coming up
I City Councilman John Greavu. here (to the meetings) cold
And at a meeting last week he turkey"on planning matters.
asked City Manager Mike Miller "We did it before," Greavu
to compare the costs of the city reiterated.
hiring a consultant versus retain- ANDERSON SHOT back, "I
ing a planner, assistant planner haven't been able to make all the
and secretary. Community Design Review Board
and Planning Commission meet-
Greavu said the matter should ings.You're telling me we have to
be examined before Maplewood come to all these?
proceeds in hiring a replacement And Anderson further ques-
for Robert Reed,the former city tioned how the citizen commis-
planner. sions would be helped when they
"ARE YOU suggesting that two had questions or problems.
people be dropped?,"Mayor Rob- Bruton told Greavu, "You're
ert Bruton asked Greavu. asking a lot of volunteers." He
added, "Personally I don't think
"Some of the things we could do we do enough planning."
ourselves,"Greavu asserted. The Community Design Review
Board,he noted,recently indicat-
But Bruton countered,"You did ed it could use more planning
when the city was a lot smaller." assistance.
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