The Job of The Mayor

In a laughing and sometimes sarcastic tone, people ask what does the Mayor of Amenia do?
Now, make sure you realize I am not bragging because this is not a bragging position. This is just me documenting so that when I create my blog book, I can look back in fifteen years and say to myself "Oh yeah, I was the mayor once."

Here is a list of items I have done thus far in my mayorialship:

• Called people to pay their water bills
• Called Lawyer to find out how to make people pay their water bills
• Contacted law enforcement on: dogs at large, naughty teenagers doing naughty teenage things and how to enforce load restrictions
• Contacted dog owners because their dog is running at large (including myself)
• Met with Ottertail Power Company on how to better serve Amenia and about what measures have been taken on how to improve coverage for Amenia
• Created an enacted a Commercial Building Permit Fee Schedule for our town
• Ordered gravel for our roads
• Ordered snow removal
• Put flooding friends in contact with the sandbags
• Watch the Rush River rise and fall
• Watch the lagoon
• Learned how the Lift Station works, and monitor Lift Station (stinky!)
• Run monthly meetings
• Stay in close contact with Auditor on money matters
• Research new playground equipment for the park (expensive)
• Assign areas of concern to council members
• Still watching the lift station (still stinky)
• Discuss infrastructure of Amenia and make plans to revamp and improve
• Write building permits
• Get yelled at via voicemail messages left at midnight (that is really funny...it is even funnier when I see the people who yelled at me and they have no clue they left drunken messages:)
• Not sure what else I do yet, I have only been the mayor for nine months!
• Oh still watching the stupid stinky lift station: Did I mention Ralf S. Mouse lives in a little nest right next to it?!?!?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I will have to add more if they pop up...I am somewhat enjoying this position. It is kind of fun helping people. I really have no clue what I am doing but I am not afraid to ask. What is the worst people can say? @#)(@*#$)#@(*$)@(#$@#$# You Dana! Is actually what they say, but for some reason it does not bother me!!