DAN'S COMMENTS !

 

  Dan wrote that there were 2 oddities about Wednesday’s Special Council meeting. I think he forgot a third; I cannot remember any previous “public hearing to submit a grant application”. 

  Yes, there may be such hearings to get public opinion on the need for a project, but not to ask for a grant for which administration asks Council’s approval by resolution after an Ordinance is acted upon.

  Dan's 2^nd oddity was the statement that no formal action will take place. He wrote:

“if no formal action will be taken -- that is, no resolution adopted -- how will the resolution be approved in time for the grant application's submission?"

  My suspicion is that this autocratic administration will have a department head based on time urgency apply for the grant and then ask for Councils retroactive approval.

  Dan finally acknowledged this Council disregard for the voters: He wrote:

“The first oddity is that this is a PUBLIC HEARING, at which the public is invited to speak concerning the grant and its uses -- and it is scheduled for 6:00 PM.
  It's hard enough for the public to make it to the new Council meeting time of 7:00 PM (many must skip dinner in order to attend a Council meeting), but 6:00 PM makes one think the public isn't even wanted at the meeting. Whoever's convenience this suits, it can't be the public's.”

 That is the point that I have been making for months. The people be damned! 

 As in any autocratic government, it doesn't matter that the tax payers put these 7 into their do nothing cushy positions.