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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, September 12, 2011 <br /> Page 18 <br /> Councilmember Willmus thanked the Fire Department and its Committees for <br /> getting the project to this point; and opined that the proposal was being responsive <br /> to taxpayers, and saved land acquisition costs, as well as freeing up other proper- <br /> ties to become tax-generating in the future. <br /> Councilmember Pust echoed thanks to the group; and opined that it was a great <br /> plan and it was in the right location; and expressed her enthusiasm for the geo- <br /> thermal portion and the overall project as an investment in the future. Council- <br /> member Pust clarified that her only objection is not seeking taxpayer approval for <br /> it, even though she support the project in general, and if it went to referendum, <br /> she would offer her enthusiastic support and assistance. <br /> Councilmember McGehee strongly expressed her responsibility to taxpayers; and <br /> concurred with the comments of Councilmember Johnson on her embarrassment <br /> that the City has not supported its staff and maintaining existing public assets. <br /> While expressing her apologies to the Fire Department staff for the moldy condi- <br /> tions, Councilmember McGehee opined that, unlike parks, this was not a pay-as- <br /> you-go project; and she felt strongly that this was a bond referendum question. <br /> Councilmember McGehee clarified that she supported the project,just not a bond <br /> issue without a public referendum. <br /> Councilmember Johnson clarified his position and distinction on how a referen- <br /> dum should and should not be used: that he would not approve a bond issue with- <br /> out a referendum for any new facility (e.g. a community center); however, he <br /> supported bond financing for maintaining or replacing existing facilities as should <br /> have already been prepared for in the City's CIP. <br /> Mayor Roe advised that he was very sympathetic and usually supportive of refe- <br /> rendums for borrowing; however, in this situation as well as the Parks bonding <br /> request, he came down on the side of what prior City Council's had not addressed <br /> in maintaining the City's CIP needs and resources. If the money had been ma- <br /> naged appropriately in the past, Mayor Roe opined that funds would already be in <br /> place to move forward with these capital needs without having a large impact to <br /> City taxpayers. Mayor Roe opined that the question came back to being that the <br /> longer the City waited to solve the problems, the more costly they became. If <br /> there was time this year to seek a public referendum, Mayor Roe advised that he <br /> would be very supportive of doing so; however, given the timing, he opined that <br /> he wasn't going to hold up the project another year, and would support it as it <br /> needed to be done. <br /> Councilmember Pust noted that she had asked to have this discussion way before <br /> the August referendum deadline; however, she opined that it had not been brought <br /> forward for a vote until the deadline had passed. While recognizing that there ap- <br /> peared to be a consensus on the Council that bonding was the route to go, Coun- <br />
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