Happy summer! While the kids are now out of school, we’ve been putting on our thinking caps. As expected, we had a meaty work session this week, with our first discussion on draft GMHS referendum language for the November ballot. We also considered a proposal to push out projects in […]
If you missed last weekend’s town hall about GMHS, FCC-TV recorded the meeting and the video is now available on YouTube. And coming soon will be meeting materials and FAQs, another good way to get up to speed about the project. We’ll be voting at the end of July whether to proceed […]
While the school year is winding down, we are ramping up the analysis and public meetings before we decide if the bond for a GMHS project will be on the November ballot. We’re about 6 weeks away from the scheduled date to make a final decision. We have upcoming meetings and […]
As we head into the holiday weekend, I’ll try be brief(er) with updates. The bulk of this week’s news are my thoughts on the City Hall renovation/expansion project if you haven’t caught up on the latest. Mark your calendars and spread the word – June 5 and June 10! June […]
City Council didn’t meet this week, so this week’s update will be short and sweet, but important! I hope you’ll take the time to note some key dates with updates and decisions coming up – including Mason Row/Founders Row, GMHS Campus Planning, and City Hall – all important projects and open for […]
It’s been awhile since we had a 4+ hour meeting, and we had one this week. A big thank you to all of the citizens who wrote in or spoke during public comment – the hot topics this week being the “shrub wall” at the proposed Mason Row/Founders Row site and […]
With the budget behind us, we resumed our regular meeting schedule. This week, we held a walking tour of the proposed Railroad Cottage project followed with a work session on cottages, discussion of the Q3 financial report, and Council work plan/priorities. The community turnout at the walking tour was one of […]
And with that, we wrapped up the FY18 budget this week. The quick headline is that by a 4-3 vote, we raised the real estate tax rate by 1.5 cents which will generate $600K towards the capital reserve, important for the GMHS project. For the average homeowner (average home value […]
Updates are a day early this week – mainly as a quick reminder that I’m holding my final office hours this morning from 830 – 930 am at Rare Bird Coffee (corner of Broad and Maple). Before you head to work – if you have input on the budget prior to […]
We are two weeks out from the final FY18 budget adoption on April 24th – the headline being the proposed 4 cents real estate tax rate increase (1 cent to fund the requested school budget, 3 cents for capital reserves). Thank you to those who have already written to us […]