Farmington City Council considers cuts at senior center
July 26, 2012 at 8:10 am in The Farmington Independent
When Rambling River Center moved to its location on Oak Street in 2009, members pledged to raise $90,000 in five years to help pay for a renovation that turned the old city hall building into a new senior center. They reached that financial goal in April. Continue Reading
To city management and city council,
I think the senior center and police departments budgets should be left alone. Both departments serve the population of this town in ways that simply cannot be looked at as a line item expenses.
The problem at it core is the annual capital expenses due to public works projects done in the 1990′s, follow that by some personnel expenses that are out of line with the size of our community and personnel who do not implement recommended changes to their areas of responsibility.
i believe not everyone who lives and pays taxes is against moderate tax increases as long as the money taken in is spent appropriately. This mantra also applies to the revenue generating operations controlled by the city, all of these operations should be looking at ways to increase revenue and curtail expenses.
The city has also sold the naming rights to several rooms at the senior center to various individuals who contributed to its renovation, will this money be returned to those individuals along with interest if you decide to move the center?
Please think these things through before you rattle the saber at our city employees and citizens.
And for you fellow citizens remember a new broom sweeps better than an old one.
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