A couple weeks ago I finished up my research for my original project regarding the ADEQ fee assessment. I created a formal report and have reached out to several individuals to get some feedback before finalizing it. First, I contacted the budget director here at Gilbert to see if she had any recommendations. I reached out to her because the impact of the fee increase is really centered around the budget because it means more money needed to the different departments. She had a couple suggestions that I incorporated into my report.
Then I contacted the Deputy Director of AZ League of Cities and Towns since he is an expert in the field. I was a little nervous to contact him, because I had not met him in person yet, but I went ahead and sent my report over to him. He asked me when I wanted to chat, so I assumed we would be speaking on the phone, but this morning I had a voicemail letting me know that he could meet in person with me today. I was so surprised. He was nice enough to come down to Town Hall to meet with me and discuss my assessment. It was a quick meeting because he thought I had done a good job on the report. He did have one recommendation of something I could add content wise and told me I could e-mail him and he would get me the information I needed. This is yet another example of how important relationship building is in public administration/government; people can be extraordinary resources!
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