TRAC talks move forward: Consulting group will recommend on how to proceed with project
November 2, 2012 at 12:59 am in The Jamestown Sun
Community members and five organizations met this week to discuss the potential for a multi-million-dollar facility for residents of Jamestown.
Dan Mollsen, senior vice president and director of finance for the American City Bureau, in West Dundee, Ill., a consulting group, headed the meetings with Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown Public Schools, James River YMCA and local tennis and gymnastics organizations to discuss the Two Rivers Activity Center.
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I’m all for it as long as it’s self sufficient and doesn’t need tax money to operate. Unfortunately, the tax payer often ends up footing the bill.
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Cost, however, is the main issue. At the meeting Hogan said the TRAC board of directors would pursue a one-cent sales tax currently being used to pay off the high school. It is set to expire by 2017.
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Let the tax expire!! Additional sales tax is like meth to politicians. Once they get it, they won’t give it up!
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“We always hear we need to grow Jamestown, we need to attract new business, we need to bring families into town,” Hogan said. “… The city sewer system, for example, needs upgrading. People aren’t going to say ‘let’s move to Jamestown because we can flush the toilets and not worry about it,’ but they see a facility like this and it’s more attractive to relocate.”
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In that case, this better get built so the citizens of Jamestown have a place to shower and go to the bathroom when the rest of the city’s sewer system fails.
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