Item 14 on the March 26, 2013 city council agenda does it to us again.
In November of 2011 the city entered into an agreement that would allow them to buy $5 million worth of equipment for the fire department. Now this week they want to borrow another $5 million for more equipment.
I don’t object to the fire department getting new trucks and ambulances if they need them.
What I object to is financing something over seven years when we need more money in less than 18 months.
This is another way that the city has found to increase our taxes without telling us.
If we need the equipment let’s buy it, but put the actual amount spent in the budget so that we know what our situation is.
With the numbers that council has been playing with recently, $10 million for fire trucks and ambulances and $20 million to replace the radio system that will be buried in the rubble of city hall are not the big numbers.
What bothers me is the number of deals like this that we don’t know about.
We deserve better
Brutus
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$5 million here…$10 million there…another $3 million there…how about $30 million over at the ballpark…oh, and another few mil for the pension fund — again. No big deal, right?
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